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dark posts

dark posts is the plural of dark post.

Meaning of dark post

Noun

dark post (plural dark posts)

  1. (social media) A social media ad which doesn't appear on the poster's timeline.
    • “The only way an ad isn’t a ‘dark post’ is if you’re promoting an organic News Feed post,” says Gary Coby, former director of advertising at the Republican National Committee, who worked on the Trump campaign. “It’s impossible to properly use the Facebook platform, to test or buy at scale, with...2017 September 20, Michael Zumstein, “The Real Trouble With Trump's 'Dark Post' Facebook Ads”, in Wired, archived from the original on 10 May 2024

Questions about dark posts

What is dark posts the plural of?
Dark posts is the plural of dark post.

Words near dark posts in the dictionary

  1. dark pattern
  2. dark patterns
  3. dark pool
  4. dark pools
  5. dark post
  6. dark posts
  7. dark ride
  8. dark rides
  9. dark romance
  10. dark room
  11. dark rooms

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