post
To put something where others can see it. People post letters, post updates online, or post a notice on a wall. It means making something public or sending it somewhere.
What a model may hear
- HTTP POST request web development and APIs
- send data to a server to create or update a resource, often changing state
- blog or forum entry content management systems
- treat as a published article with metadata, categories, and timestamps
- mail or message submission email and messaging protocols
- queue for delivery or route to recipients
- social media share platform APIs
- trigger publication workflows, visibility rules, and engagement tracking
- accounting entry finance and bookkeeping
- record a transaction to a ledger, often with debit and credit sides
Where people and models part ways
“Post this for me”
Meant: Share my message online
May be taken as: Send an HTTP POST request to an API endpoint, possibly failing with no visible result
Say instead: “Share this message on my social media account”
“I posted it yesterday”
Meant: I published my blog article
May be taken as: Assume a specific CMS workflow state or scheduled publication time
Say instead: “I published my blog article yesterday on [platform name]”
“Post the payment”
Meant: Record that I paid
May be taken as: Create a financial ledger entry without confirming the actual transaction
Say instead: “Record the payment in my accounting system”
“Post these to the group”
Meant: Send these messages to everyone
May be taken as: Batch-send via API with rate limits or formatting requirements
Say instead: “Send these messages to everyone in the group chat”
Tips
- Say 'publish' or 'share' if you do not mean a technical HTTP request
- Name the platform when you mean social media, not just 'post'
- Use 'send' for messages and 'publish' for content to avoid API confusion
- Say 'record in the ledger' for accounting to distinguish from messaging
- Specify 'mail' or 'email' for physical or electronic letters
Often confused with
- put
- general placement, no publication sense
- publish
- always means make public, no HTTP meaning
- submit
- sends for approval, not necessarily visible
- send
- directed to recipients, no public aspect
- upload
- file transfer to server, not necessarily shared
- specific to postal or email systems