The best distiction iâve heard is that social media follows people (twitter, youtube, mastodon, etc⌠whereas lemmy, reddit, etc⌠follow topics. Theyâre more like news feeds with a comment section.
Yeah, I came from ebaumsworld forums to Reddit, and Reddit to here, and they all scratch the same itch, which is basically me engaging in meaningless (not always) conversation with people, sometimes seriously, sometimes jokingly. All thatâs changed is how it looks and how people talk.
that would make sense if there wasnt a number of lemmy communities dedicated to documenting drama from other lemmy communities and users, not to mention blood feuds between different domains
Lemmy reporting on lemmy is just regular old news iâm pretty sure. Would an online newspaper with a comment section count as social media then? How about paper newspapers with an active âcomments from readersâ section?
Ive always differentiated lemmy/reddit from social media for 2 main reasons. First because it isnt (or wasnt) full of âinfluencersâ trying to push shit on you. Second and probably more so, becausee its anonymous. I dont know anyone one here personally and no one knows me. These platforms are more like collections of the internet with a comment section, imo. Not much different than things like The Chive or even a news site, but instead of news, its memes and sometimes news
The structured user information is what I think killed the âfreeâ vibe of the early internet: you naturally see a lot of information even before you contact anyone. That removes some intimacy of exchanging information about who you are, in a way you want.
Around 2000, I was playivg pool with random people on Yahoo Games, and trying to learn English talking to them. Iâve met a girl of my age from Jakarta, I talked to oome boomer Arizona cowboy who was releived to know âweâre not fucking commies anymoreâ (I`m Russian). These were interesting conversations where we discovered each other. Now I wouldnât talk to the guy like that, because âI see we probably donât have much in common, and he wrote this and that to other peopleâ
And, unfortunately more and more frequently, news about the memes.
By which I mean that politics has become a farce where memes are often taken more seriously than things like science and thoroughly researched journalism đŽâđ¨
a_person@lemmy.world â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
What do you call lemmy/mastodon then?
BudgetBandit@sh.itjust.works â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Autistic media
jaybone@lemmy.zip â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Antisocial media?
Fuck_u_spez_@sh.itjust.works â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Asocial media.
SippyCup@feddit.nl â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Iâm in this comment and I donât like it
shiftymccool@programming.dev â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
The best distiction iâve heard is that social media follows people (twitter, youtube, mastodon, etc⌠whereas lemmy, reddit, etc⌠follow topics. Theyâre more like news feeds with a comment section.
Almacca@aussie.zone â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
We used to call things like Lemmy a âforumâ.
843563115848@lemmy.zip â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
We used to call things like a forum a âBBSâ.
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
The Old Speech
Dozzi92@lemmy.world â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Yeah, I came from ebaumsworld forums to Reddit, and Reddit to here, and they all scratch the same itch, which is basically me engaging in meaningless (not always) conversation with people, sometimes seriously, sometimes jokingly. All thatâs changed is how it looks and how people talk.
SippyCup@feddit.nl â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Ok bare with me here. News feeds with comments is? is it media that is social?
deur@feddit.nl â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
No. Shut up, nobody agrees with you.
merc@sh.itjust.works â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Iâll bear with you, but I donât want to get naked with you.
TheBat@lemmy.world â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Sure but you should undress first. Iâm a bit shy.
merc@sh.itjust.works â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
If you just wanted to follow a topic, you could follow Wikipedia RSS feeds.
If youâre reading and responding to comments, youâre engaging in social media.
burgerpocalyse@lemmy.world â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
that would make sense if there wasnt a number of lemmy communities dedicated to documenting drama from other lemmy communities and users, not to mention blood feuds between different domains
HoopyFrood@lemmy.zip â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Lemmy reporting on lemmy is just regular old news iâm pretty sure. Would an online newspaper with a comment section count as social media then? How about paper newspapers with an active âcomments from readersâ section?
Booboofinget@lemmy.world â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Iâd say they are more of a comment section that just so happens to include feeds đ¤Ş
Sc00ter@lemmy.zip â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Ive always differentiated lemmy/reddit from social media for 2 main reasons. First because it isnt (or wasnt) full of âinfluencersâ trying to push shit on you. Second and probably more so, becausee its anonymous. I dont know anyone one here personally and no one knows me. These platforms are more like collections of the internet with a comment section, imo. Not much different than things like The Chive or even a news site, but instead of news, its memes and sometimes news
toofpic@lemmy.world â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
The structured user information is what I think killed the âfreeâ vibe of the early internet: you naturally see a lot of information even before you contact anyone. That removes some intimacy of exchanging information about who you are, in a way you want. Around 2000, I was playivg pool with random people on Yahoo Games, and trying to learn English talking to them. Iâve met a girl of my age from Jakarta, I talked to oome boomer Arizona cowboy who was releived to know âweâre not fucking commies anymoreâ (I`m Russian). These were interesting conversations where we discovered each other. Now I wouldnât talk to the guy like that, because âI see we probably donât have much in common, and he wrote this and that to other peopleâ
abbadon420@sh.itjust.works â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
âSocial mediaâ is as much âsocialâ as that âdating appsâ are âdatingâ
shneancy@lemmy.world â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
donât forget memes about the news
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
And, unfortunately more and more frequently, news about the memes.
By which I mean that politics has become a farce where memes are often taken more seriously than things like science and thoroughly researched journalism đŽâđ¨
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interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
They donât count it as social if itâs pseudonymous.
Even thought, thatâs not what social means.
asbestos@lemmy.world â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
I donât
Manifish_Destiny@lemmy.world â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
No more social media than 4chan
dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Antisocial media. (I.e. perpetual bickering.)