orbiting
concerning
the one-line answer
Watching and engaging with someone's social media after cutting off direct contact.
Orbiting means you have stopped directly communicating but you are still watching. You watch their stories, like their posts, exist at the edge of their social media life. You have not completely left.
mainstream
Your coworker might use this word.
01 / in the wild
hear it move.
warning
he ghosted her but he's still orbiting. watched every story she posted.
He cut off direct contact but is still observing her social media activity.
03 / don't confuse
similar, not the same.
orbiting
Ghosting is complete disappearance
vs
ghosting
Orbiting is disappearing from communication but staying on social media.