In plain English
It refers to the people a post is visible to, whether they are treated as a specific set or as a broader kind of people. The idea is about who can view one particular post.
In context
Here, Audience denotes the group or category of people to choose as the ones who can see the content.
- Situation
- Creating posts, drafts, stories, tags, mentions, visibility, and moderation states
- What it communicates
- names the field for choosing who can see the content
Meaning limits
The term alone does not state how many people are included or how the categories are defined.
Examples
“For the reunion post, she limited the audience to family instead of all her followers.”
“The audience for his practice video was just the study group.”