muser

plural musers

1. One who muses.

plural musers · alternative Muser

1. historicalA user of the social media service Musical.ly.

   harvey: […] We were thinking of doing something with Amelia Gething and Houssein – it would be nice, because they’re also British musers and we’ve become really good friends.

   2017, Max Mills; Harvey Mills, Max and Harvey (in a Book), Puffin Books, →ISBN, page 104

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   With cool features for searching for content, sharing your own videos, and remixing work from other musers, there’s terrific potential here for an exciting, creative space for making music.

   2016 February 19, Patricia Monticello Kievlan, “Musical.ly is a mobile music video community”, in Sun Herald, volume 132, number 139, page 18

   “One of the differences to other apps,” he [Alex Hofmann] said, “is that we don’t only talk to the musers” – the company’s term for users – “we talk to the parents.”

   2016 September 25, John Herrman, “Popular video app has grade-school user base”, in Austin American-Statesman, volume 146, number 62, page F4

   For many users — or “musers,” in the app’s parlance — Musical.ly is a positive experience. Lockport resident Natalie Leone, whose 10-year-old daughter, Sicily, is a devoted muser, said it reminds her of how she entertained herself when she was a child.

   2017 January 31, John Keilman, “Lip-sync app strikes parents as sour note”, in Chicago Tribune, 169th year, number 31, page 6

   It's a sunny morning at Musical.ly's Santa Monica, Calif. offices and dozens of so-called young "musers"--popular users on the music video sharing app--have gathered to do business: meet, take pictures and record the 15 second lip syncing clips for which they are Internet famous.

   2017 May 11, Natalie Robehmed, “From Musers To Money: Inside Video App Musical.ly's Coming Of Age”, in Forbes, archived from the original on 14 May 2017

   It can enable the formation of content that can be five minutes long, compilation of video clips into stories and collaboration on duets with other musers (users of the platform). Musical.ly permits musers to develop their fan base by sharing its content on other platforms including Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp and Instagram.

   2018, Summary of 12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson + Crushing It by Gary Vaynerchuk 2-in-1 Boxset Bundle, SpeedyReads, →ISBN

plural Musers

1. A surname.

plural Musers

1. Alternative letter-case form of muser (“user of the social media service Musical.ly”).

   What was normal speed for Musers (Musical.ly users)? A. 2x B. 3x C. 1x D. 0.5x

   2023, Narayan Changder, Moldova, page 153

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   The resulting short clips can have captions, with hashtags like #featureme, credits for song and artist, comments, “hearts,” and a multitude of easy sharing options, so “Musers” can post to video sites and social media like Instagram and WhatsApp.

   2016 December 3–4, Jay Dunn, “Overnight sensations”, in The Salinas Californian, volume 155, number 291, page 3A

   I see YouTubers get mad at Musers. I see nothing wrong with Musers and I don’t see how people can hate on the new kids.

   2018, Meridith Valiando Rojas, quoting Trevor Moran, Selfie Made: Your Ultimate Guide to Social Media Stardom, Wednesday Books, →ISBN

   One of the most popular social video-sharing apps is Musical.ly, a music-sharing app that allows “Musers” (as users are aptly named) to post videos of themselves lip synching to songs. Musical.ly has exploded in popularity since launching in August 2014, and as of October 2016, the app boasts over 133.5 million Musers worldwide (60 million in the United States).

   2018, Ana Homayoun, Social Media Wellness: Helping Tweens and Teens Thrive in an Unbalanced Digital World, Corwin, →ISBN

   Famous Musers have developed a method of impressive techniques for the one-hand selfie dancing (as the other hand is holding the phone in selfie mode to film) including hand swipes, half-hand heart shapes, and hand and camera twirls.

   2018, Chantale Pard, STEM Programming for All Ages: A Practical Guide for Librarians (Practical Guides for Librarians; number 48), Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 90