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snooze

to temporarily pause updates from a particular account, group, topic, or conversation on a social media service so that its content or notifications are not shown for a time

In plain English

This means taking a break from seeing activity from one source without making the change permanent. For a limited period, posts or alerts from that account, group, topic, or conversation stop appearing. After that period, the pause ends.

In context

Here, snooze labels the action that temporarily stops updates or alerts from the selected source from being shown.

Situation
Using messages, follows, connections, groups, communities, and interaction controls
What it communicates
Labels the temporary control for pausing updates or alerts from a source.

Meaning limits

By itself, snooze does not say how long the pause lasts, because that can vary.

Examples

“She snoozed the gardening topic for a week, so its posts stopped appearing in her feed.”

Core meaning

“To quiet the alerts for the evening, Mara snoozed the reunion conversation.”

In context

  • mute Broader Term

    Snoozing is a temporary kind of muting in which updates are hidden for a period.