Admiral PatrickDo you consider Lemmy/Reddit (and similar platforms) to be social media?
fuckwit_mcbumcrumbleIf you’re interacting with other users then there’s 0 question it’s social media.
By that logic every comment section under a random newspaper’s article is social media. I dont think this forum esque, link feed with comment sections kind of social media that lemmy is, qualifies. Reddit didnt either for the longest time, before they started trying to form a culture and drowned in self referencing humor and repetitive one liner comments.
I’ve seen people get into week long threads in the comments section of ‘GoComics’
Comments sections on news articles are usually an afterthought to try to boost “engagement” and be a “me too”. Comments on Lemmy are a deliberate and integral part of it. Lemmy as just a link aggregator wouldn’t attract any users, the comments section are what keep people here and interacting with others.
UsernameblankfaceYes, that is also social media. Being terrible, bottom of the barrel social media doesn’t make it less social media. It’s still people gathering in a place discussing topics. A fleeting place discussing news articles, but still.