Vaguebooking
Posting a deliberately cryptic status — no names, no details — engineered so readers ask what's wrong.
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VaguebookingvsSubtweeting
The short answer
Subtweeting hides a person. Vaguebooking hides an event. If someone is meant to recognise themselves in it, it's a subtweet; if nobody is meant to know what happened, it's vaguebooking.
Side by side
| Aspect | Vaguebooking | Subtweeting |
|---|---|---|
| Hides | An event | A person |
| Has a target | Often not | Always |
| Invites a reply | Yes | No |
| Hostile | Rarely | Usually |
What each one means
Subtweeting
Posting about a specific person without naming or tagging them, so they get no notification but everyone who knows, knows.
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