Iām old enough that I donāt 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.
So I guess Lemmy would be considered social network instead. I didnāt 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.
Reddit is not social media because itās not about social interaction, because itās anonymous. Itās not social if itās anonymous.
Thatās 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 20sā¦but Iām glad I avoided it. Reddit, when I used it, struck me as very different. Itās not about you. Itās about anonymity and news/memes. If thatās social media, all of the internet is social media.