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Off-topic

Meaning in social media & content creation, with examples

adjectiveCommon term

In social media & content creation, off-topic means: Unrelated to the subject currently being discussed in a post, thread or community space.

In Turkish: konu dışı

How it is used

Moderators label comments off-topic to keep discussions focused; irrelevance is not necessarily hostility.

Example sentences

  1. The moderator moved the off-topic question to a general discussion.

    The question belongs in a different conversation.

  2. Please keep product complaints out of this off-topic social thread.

    The thread is designated for informal unrelated conversation.

Common collocations

  • off-topic comment
  • go off-topic
  • commentA written reply that someone leaves under a post or video, which other users can usually read and answer.
  • moderateTo check comments, messages or posts in an online space and remove or hide anything offensive, spam or against the rules.

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