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Mutual

Meaning in social media & content creation, with examples

nounCommon term

In social media & content creation, mutual means: Someone who follows your account while you also follow theirs on the same platform.

In Turkish: karşılıklı takipleşilen kişi

How it is used

Informal social-media noun, often plural as mutuals; reciprocal following does not necessarily imply personal friendship.

Example sentences

  1. A mutual recommended the illustrator who designed our cover.

    The recommendation comes from a reciprocal online connection.

  2. I recognized a mutual in the workshop's public comment thread.

    The speaker identifies someone connected through mutual following.

Common collocations

  • online mutual
  • mutual follower
  • followerA person or account that has chosen to follow you, so that your posts can appear in their feed.
  • commentA written reply that someone leaves under a post or video, which other users can usually read and answer.

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