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poster; contributor; person who submits a post, comment, or article
The person who writes and submits a post, comment, photo, or article to a magazine, newspaper, bulletin board, blog, or social media platform. Originally used of readers contributing to print publications; now the default word for someone who posts content online.
投稿者の名前は伏せられている。
The poster's name has been withheld.
この写真の投稿者は北海道在住らしい。
The person who posted this photo apparently lives in Hokkaido.
運営側は悪質なコメントを繰り返す投稿者のアカウントを凍結することにした。
The management decided to freeze the accounts of posters who repeatedly made malicious comments.
Compound of 投稿 ('to post; to submit a contribution') and 者 ('person'). A 投稿者 is literally 'one who posts'.
USAGE:
- Neutral term with no positive or negative connotation on its own; context usually supplies the evaluation (e.g., 悪質な投稿者 'malicious poster', 常連投稿者 'regular contributor').
- Appears on websites and in apps as a generic label for the author of a piece of user-generated content (photo, review, comment, question).
- When referring to one's own post, speakers use 自分 or 私 rather than calling themselves 投稿者.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 投稿者の名前: the poster's name
- 投稿者本人: the poster himself/herself
- 投稿者を特定する: to identify the poster
- 匿名の投稿者: anonymous poster
- 常連投稿者: regular contributor
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 投稿する: to post; to submit — the verb the noun is derived from.
- 寄稿者: contributor (to a magazine or publication) — more formal; used of writers invited to submit articles to a specific publication.
- 発信者: sender; originator (of a message or information) — broader, covering anyone who sends or emits a communication.
- ユーザー: user — covers anyone using a service; narrower than 投稿者 since not all users post content.