How can you post here if you haven’t had social media accounts since 2021?
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SonOfAntenora@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
It’s going to be weird when there’s no handle or social media at all. I nuked my social media around 2020/2021, I was legit tired if people posting travel pics and pretending everything was alright. Oh by the way one could make a fake page just for this, but deep down we know we don’t care.
TeamAssimilation@infosec.pub 5 weeks ago
SonOfAntenora@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Well well this is a recent account after all, so it is possible. Also, I do have a public social media, but it’s either used for messaging or it’s empty (follow - only).
TheBlackLounge@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
(they mean Lemmy is social media)
real_squids@sopuli.xyz 5 weeks ago
Closer to forums than IG. Anything old school deserves to not be bundled in with the rest of “social media”, so in that regard I get it. We still have handles though.
404@lemmy.zip 5 weeks ago
Nuke accounts 2021
Create new accounts 2022
¯\(ツ)/¯
msage@programming.dev 5 weeks ago
It’s so sweet that we want to act like anyone cares about our Lemmy history.
I mean if there was anyone harasses IRL for posting here, hit me up with a link.
But comparing Facebook to Lemmy is kind of funny.
dhork@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
… but isn’t Lemmy social media? And you’re here. (Although I guess it is more accurately called antisocial media)
CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 weeks ago
I don’t think Lemmy would count as social media but that said, you can easily create a dummy account that just, for example, posts pictures of moths or beans or bread or whatever.
merde@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
posts pictures of moths or beans or bread
anarchist!
Sturgist@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
Yes? Anything I can help you with?
inconel@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
I know nothing about how it works but won’t immigration check account age for their legitimacy?
EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
If you loosely follow the definition of social media to mean “Website where you can interact with people in any way” then yes.
But I think the average colloquial use of the term social media really refers to websites where you make a real life personal profile and share things on that profile. Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc. You as the individual are the focus of those types of sites.
The (original at least) point of sites like Lemmy and Reddit is sharing information where you as an individual are not the focus. Hence posting to communities rather than your own wall or profile, the use of usernames over real names etc.
TORFdot0@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Lemmy also can’t be used non-publicly so a pointless distinction considering the context.
JackbyDev@programming.dev 5 weeks ago
Lemmy is social media, but when people say “social media” they’re typically referring to one of two things. They either mean all social media including legacy forums or they mean media that is directly tied to their real names.
Dave@lemmy.nz 5 weeks ago
I’ve heard social media where you interact with strangers instead of “friends” referred to as “antisocial media”.
Kirp123@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
If you say that you have no social media accounts they will probably assume you’re lying and deny you.
SonOfAntenora@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I imagined. Probably it’s better to have a public one where you have the kind of things they want to see.
WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 5 weeks ago
Tomorrow there’ll probably be a service to do exactly they. Give them a few pics and they’ll deep fake an entire account for you.
frunch@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Trump, Job Creator 🤷♂️
RedstoneValley@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
That’s an excellent idea, in particularly because that service would use AI against the type of people who typically shill or welcome AI products. Let’s build more of those.
GrumpyDuckling@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
You can buy accounts.
fodor@lemmy.zip 5 weeks ago
Actually they ask for the last five years, deleted or not.