I have old Facebook and Twitter accounts, maybe some others. I’m old so there’s a MySpace account out there. But I’ve mostly been using reddit the last decade or so, and have migrated to Lemmy. Now, Lemmy is the only social media i use. Recent news got me thinking about this question.

  • RobotToaster@mander.xyz
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    7 months ago

    What exactly is the legal definition of “social media” anyway?

    Personally I don’t consider lemmy or reddit to be social media, they’re more like several forums in a trench-coat.

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      7 months ago

      Yeah, that term has gotten overly broad. I like to separate it into two groups. Personal social media, where you use your real name and stuff, and (for lack of a better term) anonymous social media, where you just use some screen name. If anything you post a comment in is social media most news sites are social media. The term needs to be reigned in and I think should only apply to the personal variety.

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        7 months ago

        Lemmy 100% replaced reddit for me . Glad I found something where if it starts getting shitty, I can move to a new instance and stay on the same service.

        I hope switching instances is more streamlined in the future.

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      7 months ago

      I can’t wait to give them my Nintendo credentials and cry as they question me about my 1500 hours on Splatoon 💀