The saying goes if you’re not the customer, you’re the product. Now, you’re both. Every big social media app is testing subscriptions. It's a business model that comes with a perverse incentive. Just like airlines, if you make life worse, more people will pay.
  • FigMcLargeHuge@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    61·
    1 year ago

    Depends. Everyone claims they are on social media platforms to stay in touch with family and friends. I know no one on here and am fine with the anonymity. So it’s up to you if you count this.

    • Rikudou_Sage@lemmings.worldEnglish
      41·
      1 year ago

      I personally never counted Reddit and am not counting Lemmy as a social media. Both Reddit and Lemmy are just a really huge forum which contains many subforums.

      • illi@lemm.eeEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        This is how I see it as well. Though Reddit ws certainly trying to become social medium I feel - which was one of the reasons that helped me leave

        • eric@lemmy.worldEnglish
          15·
          1 year ago

          No, Reddit was always considered social media despite how you or most people see it. Some social media managers have had Reddit in their job description for over ten years. I know because I hired some as early as 2010.

          Social media did not start with Facebook like most people assume. Facebook is simply what brought social media into the mainstream. Usenet and forums are a form of social media that many of us old nerds have been using since the 90s.

          • illi@lemm.eeEnglish
            7·
            1 year ago

            forums are a form of social media

            I guess I can’t really disagree with that

          • joel_feila@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            I think a good destiction would be social network and socical media. Media is about celeberty and making money. Network is about conections

            • eric@lemmy.worldEnglish
              3·
              1 year ago

              I completely disagree with your definition of “media.” There is definitely plenty of media that isn’t about celebrity, and there is also non-profit media. Media actually refers to communication to the masses. A social network is simply one form of social media.

    • eric@lemmy.worldEnglish
      16·
      1 year ago

      But you are still socializing with us despite not knowing our real names, so this and Reddit would definitely qualify as social platforms. Twitter was also mostly anonymous for its 16 years prior to Elon, and it has definitely always been considered social media.