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[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

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

-@Cryophilia@lemmy.world 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.

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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.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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.ee 3 points 1 year 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.world 4 points 1 year ago

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