feed
n. countablen. a list of new posts or updates on a social media app or website. You scroll through it to see what your friends or the people you follow are doing.
n. a stream of content or data that updates in real time, typically within a social media platform or news aggregator. Informal in general digital contexts; often used to describe the primary interface for content consumption.
I check my news feed every morning for updates.
The algorithm prioritizes posts from close friends at the top of your social media feed.
Digital marketers analyze how users interact with the algorithmic feed to determine the optimal timing for sponsored content and organic posts.
From Middle English feden, from Old English fēdan (“to feed”), from Proto-West Germanic fōdijan, from Proto-Germanic fōdijaną (“to feed”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to guard, graze, feed”). Cognate with West Frisian fiede (“to nourish, feed”), Dutch voeden (“to feed”), Danish føde (“to bring forth, feed”), Swedish föda (“to bring forth, feed”), Icelandic fæða (“to feed”), and more distantly with Latin pāscō (“feed, nourish”, verb) through Indo-European. More at food, fodder.
From Middle English fede, fed, from the verb (see above). Alternatively, perhaps from Old Norse fœða (“nourishment, food”), from Proto-Germanic *fōdijaną (“to feed”), whence also Old English fēdan (“to feed”).
From fee + -ed.
Commonly used with the verbs 'scroll', 'refresh', or 'check'.