as in surfer
an active participant in the online community of the Internet the dismaying rudeness that so many netizens exhibit while online

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Recent Examples of netizen Lots of netizens criticized the actors on her admission. Caroline Bell, StyleCaster, 23 Jan. 2025 What To Know Last week, a netizen and self-described Korean learner uploaded an image to the social media app RedNote (Xiaohongshu), purportedly showing a map published in April 2024 by a North Korean map publisher, per News1. Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025 While Parker was the target of a worldwide web of jokes, a fair number of netizens came to his defense and said ESPN cameras shouldn't have focused so much on him in the play's aftermath. David K. Li, NBC News, 3 Jan. 2025 Naturally, the post led many fans to speculate what this could mean, and netizens responded under the post. Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 30 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for netizen

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“Netizen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/netizen. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.

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