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I miss forums (lemmy.g97.top)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Agree to all. How would you define the format of what you're reading right now, some derivitive of a forum?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Social media.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I gotta say no. This is more like a collection of forums. There really is no following, no social aspect other than discussing the topic at hand. I am not promoting myself, I prefer annonymity over identifying myself. I do not think this counts as social media at all.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Disagree, politely.. Not in the "OMG INTERNET DISAGREEMENT I HOPE YOUR MOTHER GETS FUCKED BY A HORSE!" way.

Reddit/Lemmy/Etc are nothing more than slightly more elaborate twitter with better filtering/catagorization. Social media all the way down.

But its its not a major issue, so its not like we need to invest time in a slapfight over whose wrong and whose right.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Nice to know it is a pleasant disagreement. But seriously, this is not social media.

  • Posting other peoples content instead of their own

  • Anonymity over identifiable.

  • Its not better filtering, it is distinct categories and communities, just like forums.

  • Persistent over breaking news.

  • There are no (or few) personal updates or status reports.

  • There is little to no social networking which is the hallmark of social media, like twitter, Linked In, Facebook, etc.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago
  1. Yes, like people often do on social media.
  2. You didnt have to use your real name on social media until relatively recently, and depending on platform.
  3. Yes, Like I said, filters.
  4. Both are persistent, and both have breaking news
  5. People who want everyone to know their personal updates, post them everywhere.
  6. There is tons of social networking on sites like reddit, Lemmy probably less so. but only because its relatively recent in the zeitgeist.