People here like to say “I don’t use social media; I use forums” like there is a difference between the two. There isn’t.
Forums are places where people post and comment on user generated content, other comments themselves.
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We need to get back to the Forums. They were better.
Please. What did the Romans ever do for us?
The aqueduct.
The difference is there’s no algorithm abusing you on forums. They are pure.
Having an algorithm doesn’t make social media.
But everything people call social media does.
No, I think a small group of people are trying to change the definition so they can use some forms of social media while saying they don’t use social media.
Forums were better.
Facebook is a forum.
Facebook is an is.
Facebook is a site for college dudes to rank women by hotness.
And the Old Folks Home of the internet.
Simultaneously.
Anonymous vs real identity is how I think some people conceive the difference.
You don’t need a real identity for a lot of social media platforms.
Right, and I’m not saying it’s absolutely definitive, or even my own conception of this distinction. However, if someone personally defines it that way for themselves, I think it’s valid.
Eh. I feel like people are choosing to change the definition so they can feel better about themselves. They aren’t the unwashed masses on Facebook or other “social media”, they are enlightened thinkers who use “forums” to converse instead.
The change in definition seems to be done specifically so people can say they are better than others.
Maybe…but they also aren’t getting the real world “clout” that they are getting (or think they are getting) from real identity posturing and curated profiles. I’m not saying you’re wrong, necessarily. Just that there’s two types of arrogance at play here.
Forums are usually anonymous.
Most social media sites allow to maintain anonymity.
Ok so first of all, how dare you
Forums were good, but I suppose many of the members left them to herd over to Facebook and Twitter.
