Content Vulture

An account with many followers that steals original content and passes it off as their own, often for the sole purpose of monetary gain. Content Vultures gain a following by reposting content that has already become popular.

This type of account can be found on any site but is most successful on sites like twitter and instagram, where viewers often share posts without checking the source.

Synonym: reposter

Hypernym of TweetDecker (see TweetDecking)

Content vultures are people who follow and comment random things like « Do you want Arabic Lessons » or My mom just died and your videos are comforting. »