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Stream

Meaning in social media & content creation, with examples

nounCommon term

In social media & content creation, stream means: A continuous flow of video, audio, or posts delivered online. In social media, it can mean a live broadcast people watch in real time, or a moving flow of content depending on the platform context.

In Turkish: yayın akışı, canlı yayın, akış

How it is used

Common in platform, creator, and audience discussions. It may refer to a live event, game broadcast, music or video delivery, or a steady flow of content users watch as new items appear.

Example sentences

  1. During the product launch stream, the moderator pinned the troubleshooting guide after viewers kept reporting that the demo audio was cutting out.

    Here, stream means a real-time online broadcast where viewers watch together and react immediately through chat and live comments.

  2. The analyst noticed that our educational clips were getting lost in the evening stream, so she moved the posts to a quieter time slot.

    In this sentence, stream means the ongoing flow of content users scroll through, not a single live event or broadcast.

Common collocations

  • live stream
  • stream chat
  • video stream
  • content stream
  • go liveTo start broadcasting a live video on a social media platform so that followers can watch and comment in real time.
  • feedThe main scrolling stream of posts you see when you open a social media app, made up of content from accounts you follow and recommendations.

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