How to Use microblogging in a Sentence

microblogging

noun
  • The news comes after Mr. Musk ran a poll on Twitter that showed users would like him to step down from the microblogging site.
    Charley Grant, WSJ, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Users of the microblogging platform Weibo called for her to be sent back to Australia.
    New York Times, 19 Mar. 2020
  • On cue, #boycottFabindia began to trend on the microblogging site.
    Niharika Sharma, Quartz, 21 Oct. 2021
  • Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey appears safe in his role at the top of the microblogging site—at least for now.
    Robert Hackett, Fortune, 3 Nov. 2020
  • His quotes were then translated and posted to Weibo, a Chinese microblogging site, to place the blame on Italy for the outbreak.
    Fox News, 26 Mar. 2020
  • During his four years of microblogging, Mr Cai averaged more than six posts a day.
    The Economist, 13 July 2017
  • For its defiance, the microblogging site has even faced visits from the police and threats to have employees jailed.
    Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 27 Jan. 2022
  • The firm looked at Weibo in particular, the largest microblogging site in the country with more than 460 million active users.
    Marc Bain, Quartzy, 19 July 2019
  • One Twitter-like microblogging platform that has gained some traction in recent weeks is Mastodon.
    Oliver Darcy, CNN, 18 Nov. 2022
  • WeChat account was widely shared on the microblogging platform.
    Rachel Liang, WSJ, 11 May 2022
  • And the entity doesn’t have a Twitter presence—likely because the microblogging site is blocked in China.
    Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 7 June 2023
  • The statement was later deleted by the microblogging platform.
    Manavi Kapur, Quartz India, 29 June 2020
  • Nearly a year later, the microblogging service has yet to roll out any reactions beyond the usual heart.
    Stephanie Mlot, PCMAG, 29 Mar. 2022
  • Amid all the allegations, even the microblogging platform has come under fire.
    Andrew Moseman, Discover Magazine, 7 Dec. 2010
  • The document appeared last week on Weibo, a microblogging site.
    Jane Perlez, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2017
  • The main account for Mr. Hong on Weibo, the Twitter-like microblogging service, has disappeared.
    Rebecca Feng, WSJ, 3 May 2022
  • Internet users on the Weibo microblogging service joked that a lantern for this month’s Chinese Lantern Festival had flown too far.
    Lily Kuo, Washington Post, 4 Feb. 2023
  • Head straight to Twitter, as a new study (pdf) suggests the microblogging service offers the most accurate predictions of a movie's success.
    Smriti Rao, Discover Magazine, 2 Apr. 2010
  • On January 1st Ms Luo went public on Weibo, a microblogging site.
    The Economist, 18 Jan. 2018
  • Threads’ users will be able to access the microblogging platform by logging-in to its website from their computers, the Facebook and Instagram owner said.
    Reuters, NBC News, 22 Aug. 2023
  • In 2020, the microblogging service is making moves like never before—not only to crack down on false information, but to correct it.
    Morgan Enos, Fortune, 26 Feb. 2020
  • The microblogging website was a space where users began to engage and share inspirational images and blog posts about natural hair.
    Collier Meyerson, WIRED, 18 June 2019
  • Few countries have followed the story as closely as China, where the topic has trended for multiple days on the microblogging site Weibo.
    Washington Post, 14 July 2021
  • Meanwhile, over at the other microblogging service, things are somehow getting even more chaotic and petty.
    Jon Porter, The Verge, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Threads joins a growing list of platforms such as Bluesky and Spill, as well as older competitors like Mastodon, looking to challenge Twitter’s dominance in the microblogging sphere.
    Angela Yang, NBC News, 6 July 2023
  • As a result, the microblogging platform sped up the launch of a new feature called Today tab which refreshes daily to show users curated topics and trending posts.
    Dalvin Brown, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2020
  • But the free microblogging platform also comes with an unfollow button.
    Mythili Devarakonda, USA TODAY, 22 July 2022
  • In China, the novels have been top sellers and sparked huge volume of online commentary, some 120 million views on microblogging site Weibo.
    Patrick Frater, Variety, 27 Apr. 2022
  • Investors will watch for signs of the health of the company’s advertising business, along with growth at the company’s Threads microblogging service and its use of artificial intelligence.
    David Marino-Nachison, WSJ, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Still, microblogging remains a risky bet, as social platforms focusing on it haven’t been consistently profitable.
    WIRED, 6 July 2023

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