Reasons to Quit Social Media

Re:Reasons to Quit Social Media by Minor49er on Thursday September 23, 2021 @10:50AM (#28629972)

The social aspects absolutely work on a sliding scale. I completely agree. But I don't think that the amount or variety of social engagement is what really contributes to something being classified as "social media".

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Re:Reasons to Quit Social Media by scarecrowbob on Thursday September 23, 2021 @11:24AM (#28630535)

Well, how are you defining social media?

I feel like "user generated content conducted between specific users, tied to specific accounts, where users have one-to-one public conversations and those conversations are foregrounded as the site's content" is reasonable.

So, if that's my definition Wikis aren't social media and HN would be.

But I also feel like HN is just a flavor of Reddit, and I feel that most people understand Reddit to be "social media".

I could be worng about those feelings.

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