• u/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    173·
    11 months ago

    I’m old enough that I don’t do social media.

    -@[email protected] on social media Lemmy

    Edit: Or perhaps I am wrong

    Social media is defined as a website or application that enables us to create and share content. A social network is alternatively a website or application that enables us to communicate with one another by posting information, comments, and messages.

    Source

    So I guess Lemmy would be considered social network instead. I didn’t even know there was a difference.

    Edit 2: OK, it seems most people consider Reddit a social media, but others debate it. And Lemmy is fairly similar.
    I guess I made a comment only to bamboozle myself.

    • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
      92·
      11 months ago

      Reddit is not social media because it’s not about social interaction, because it’s anonymous. It’s not social if it’s anonymous.

      • TheFriar@lemm.eeEnglish
        4·
        11 months ago

        That’s how I think about it. I avoided social media my entire life, even though I was the perfect age all along: xanga/MySpace in middle school, Facebook opened to everyone when I was in high school, Instagram came about when I was traveling/living my adult life in my 20s…but I’m glad I avoided it. Reddit, when I used it, struck me as very different. It’s not about you. It’s about anonymity and news/memes. If that’s social media, all of the internet is social media.

    • Cryophilia@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      11 months ago

      Huge difference between an anonymous social network and one where your real identity is out there.