textpost

English

Etymology

From text +‎ post.

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Noun

textpost (plural textposts)

1. A post on a social media platform consisting largely or entirely of text.
   • 2012, Jennifer M. Young, "Political Conversations on Facebook: An Exploration of Practices", thesis submitted to George University, page 90:

     While links, textposts, and videos were more often direct posts than reshares, there were still sizable portions of links and videos that were reshared content.

   • 2014, Zoe Kilbourn, "PSA, UWU: Tumblr, Gender, and Gaga", Pelican (University of Western Australia), Volume 85, Edition 6, circa September 2014, page 9:

     Conceptually, linguistically, Tumblr textpost discourse doesn't translate well to outside life - you don't, or at least didn't, win friends with Meyer^[sic]-Briggs personality scores, Harry Potter headcanon, or soft grunge.

   • 2014, Rakesh Gupta, Learning Salesforce Visual Workflow, Packt Publishing, published 2015, →ISBN, page 74:

     She is looking for a way to delete Chatter Posts (only textposts), and she also wants to define a date (to delete all textposts created before this date).