Alphane Moon@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoStudy: Social media probably can’t be fixedarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square85fedilinkarrow-up1354arrow-down120
arrow-up1334arrow-down1external-linkStudy: Social media probably can’t be fixedarstechnica.comAlphane Moon@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square85fedilink
minus-squareparaphrand@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down3·5 months agoLemmy is social media. So is Mastodon. So is peer tube. And everything else in the fediverse. So I wouldn’t compare social media to a gun, across the board.
minus-squareano_ba_to@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoWhat is not social media? Were the forums from before Friendster, MySpace, Facebook social media too? I don’t know anyone here. Is a mall a house?
minus-squareparaphrand@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-25 months agoSocial media is defined by users being the main source of content. Not by friendship or acquaintance. Fox News is not social media, because you can’t just upload content to Fox News.
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Lemmy is social media. So is Mastodon. So is peer tube. And everything else in the fediverse.
So I wouldn’t compare social media to a gun, across the board.
What is not social media? Were the forums from before Friendster, MySpace, Facebook social media too? I don’t know anyone here. Is a mall a house?
Social media is defined by users being the main source of content. Not by friendship or acquaintance. Fox News is not social media, because you can’t just upload content to Fox News.
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