"side-post" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: side-posts [plural]
Etymology: Probably analogous to top-post and bottom-post. Head templates: {{en-noun}} side-post (plural side-posts)
  1. (Internet, dated) A message sent privately to a single member of a listserv. Tags: Internet, dated Categories (topical): Internet
    Sense id: en-side-post-en-noun-yA6PjlML Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 86 14
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: side post

Verb

Forms: side-posts [present, singular, third-person], side-posting [participle, present], side-posted [participle, past], side-posted [past]
Etymology: Probably analogous to top-post and bottom-post. Head templates: {{en-verb}} side-post (third-person singular simple present side-posts, present participle side-posting, simple past and past participle side-posted)
  1. (intransitive, Internet, dated) To send a side-post. Tags: Internet, dated, intransitive Categories (topical): Internet, E-mail, Usenet Related terms: bottom-post, top-post
    Sense id: en-side-post-en-verb--r~Hf2EO Disambiguation of E-mail: 31 69 Disambiguation of Usenet: 20 80
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: side post

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2001 July 9, L. Gerholz, “[FANFIC]Father's Day at Ohtori”, in alt.fan.utena (Usenet):",
          "text": "Enough ecchiness from you. It's a cute shoujo story, which I explain in more detail in a side post.",
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        {
          "ref": "2007 September 14, Rumpelstiltskin, “Re: Swear him in !”, in soc.senior.issues (Usenet):",
          "text": "As I noted in a side post, teranews doesn't seem to like crossposting.",
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          "ref": "2007, Theo Hug, Didactics of Microlearning, Münster […]: Waxmann, →ISBN, page 161:",
          "text": "In addition, it is in most cases not possible to confirm if members are sending side-posts i.e. messages directly send^([sic]) to other listmembers. The phenomenon of lurkers sending side-posts is described by Katz, who analyses differences between public and private reactions to his postings and articles (Katz, 1998).",
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          "ref": "2016, Giuseppe Riva, Brenda K. Wiederhold, Pietro Cipresso, The Psychology of Social Networking, volume 1, Warsaw, Berlin: De Gruyter, →DOI, →ISBN, page 163:",
          "text": "Lurkers avoid contributing to the chaos and information overload often found in communities, and, by side-posting or contacting individuals directly instead, they are engaging in pro-social and thoughtful altruistic behaviour.",
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