Public Sharing 

Meaning:
1. The act of distributing personal content, information, or media on digital platforms where access is unrestricted and the audience is inherently public or semi-public. This content is typically accessible to a wide, undefined network beyond one's immediate personal connections.

2. (in digital communication) A mode of interaction characterized by broadcasting content to an open audience on social media, video-sharing, or micro-blogging platforms (e.g., Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube), with the primary intentions of dissemination, engagement, or community building.

Etymology: Early 21st century. From the confluence of public (open to all people) and sharing (to distribute digital content), driven by the rise of social networking platforms.

Prononuciation: PUB-lick SHAIR-ing

Example Usage:
"Her public sharing of the video tutorial on YouTube quickly made it go viral."

"The company's policy advises employees to be cautious about public sharing of details regarding their work projects."

"A key difference in modern communication is between private messaging and public sharing."

Public Sharing by Brookes Huwasi August 28, 2025

Public Shaming 

Current form of societal control used to manipulate your 8 year old son being accepted into a rec league baseball team. Related: public servant, good ole boy, chewing tobacco, carpetbaggers.

All the local kids got rejected from the team until their tax paying local voting parents used public shaming on the rec league into accepting them.

Public Shaming by Midwesternmick May 7, 2018