I wouldn’t call this social interactions. Tress commentary between anonymous people in a comments sections hardly qualifies as social and even though it’s technically an interaction it’s only just.
If you compare this to say, Facebook the interaction levels massively different.
I mean we’re just now participating (i.e. discussing) socially. So what in what world isn’t that social media? I think we both agree that Facebook is bad social media, but that doesn’t mean that something like lemmy isn’t social media. Just because the term has a bad reputation because of platforms like Facebook or Instagram.
As much as I support Cannabis not being schedule 1 drug (in the US), it’s a bad comparison, as it’s a classification by the government, while social media is a cumulative term for various characteristics of an (internet) platform, in which lemmy definitely falls in…
Yes News aggregator is the sub class of that form of social media, but as it is done by the community, and there’s a lot of social interaction, it’s still social media…
Cannabis is classified as a Schedule 1 narcotic because of certain properties that vaguely resemble the effects of much stronger drugs such as LSD or heroin (politics notwithstanding).
In the same way, Reddit and Lemmy are categorized as social media because they share some elements traditionally associated with social media platforms. These elements are similar to features found on Facebook, Instagram, or TikTok, but are far more limited and only loosely resemble them.
The primary focus of platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok is to promote interaction and connection between users, often through real-world identities rather than anonymity. On the other hand, interactions on Reddit and Lemmy are almost exclusively anonymous and not necessarily encouraged as a central function of the platform.
By your definition, nearly anything could qualify as social media as long as it involves media and some capacity for correspondence. This broad and vague categorization dilutes the meaning of the term, making it less useful as a precise descriptor.
For this reason, I do not consider platforms like Reddit and Lemmy to be social media.
I understand that they’re categorized as such I understand they’re considered social media and I absolutely disagree with that categorization.
I mean it’s a media platform, where you can interact socially - so social media?
I wouldn’t call this social interactions. Tress commentary between anonymous people in a comments sections hardly qualifies as social and even though it’s technically an interaction it’s only just.
If you compare this to say, Facebook the interaction levels massively different.
I seldom just paste wiki links, but:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media
So by definition (of wikipedia, which at this point I’m considering a viable source) lemmy is social media…
There are of course differences between social media, some are worse, some are better, but it’s still social media.
Yes. I understand that lemmy and reddit are considered social media for classification or legal purposes or what not.
I, personally do not agree with the classification nor do I consider either platform to be social media.
I would go so far as to argue that they are not infact social media but, again, news aggregators.
I would even state firmly that their classification as social media is incorrect.
In the same sense that cannabis is categorized as a schedule one narcotic but we all know it actually isn’t.
I mean we’re just now participating (i.e. discussing) socially. So what in what world isn’t that social media? I think we both agree that Facebook is bad social media, but that doesn’t mean that something like lemmy isn’t social media. Just because the term has a bad reputation because of platforms like Facebook or Instagram.
As much as I support Cannabis not being schedule 1 drug (in the US), it’s a bad comparison, as it’s a classification by the government, while social media is a cumulative term for various characteristics of an (internet) platform, in which lemmy definitely falls in…
Yes News aggregator is the sub class of that form of social media, but as it is done by the community, and there’s a lot of social interaction, it’s still social media…
Cannabis is classified as a Schedule 1 narcotic because of certain properties that vaguely resemble the effects of much stronger drugs such as LSD or heroin (politics notwithstanding).
In the same way, Reddit and Lemmy are categorized as social media because they share some elements traditionally associated with social media platforms. These elements are similar to features found on Facebook, Instagram, or TikTok, but are far more limited and only loosely resemble them.
The primary focus of platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok is to promote interaction and connection between users, often through real-world identities rather than anonymity. On the other hand, interactions on Reddit and Lemmy are almost exclusively anonymous and not necessarily encouraged as a central function of the platform.
By your definition, nearly anything could qualify as social media as long as it involves media and some capacity for correspondence. This broad and vague categorization dilutes the meaning of the term, making it less useful as a precise descriptor.
For this reason, I do not consider platforms like Reddit and Lemmy to be social media.
I understand that they’re categorized as such I understand they’re considered social media and I absolutely disagree with that categorization.
Do what you think, but then you’re living in your own world ¯\_(ツ)_/¯