Netizen
"Internet citizen"; a person involved in Internet communities / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The term netizen is a portmanteau of the English words internet and citizen,[1] as in a "citizen of the net" or "net citizen".[2][3][4] It describes a person[5] actively involved in online communities or the Internet in general.[6][7]
The term commonly also implies an interest and active engagement in improving the internet, making it an intellectual and a social resource,[5] or its surrounding political structures, especially in regard to open access, net neutrality and free speech.[8] The term was widely adopted in the mid-1990s as a way to describe those who inhabit the new geography of the internet.[9] Internet pioneer and author Michael F. Hauben is credited with coining and popularizing the term.[5][10][11][12][13]