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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.

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[-] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 49 points 6 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.

[-] Cethin@lemmy.zip 15 points 6 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.

[-] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 6 months ago

I can't wait to give them my Nintendo credentials and cry as they question me about my 1500 hours on Splatoon ๐Ÿ’€

[-] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 0 points 6 months ago

I'd say they are because I think I'm getting addicted to Lemmy. It's a habitual task in my free time now.

[-] Maalus@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

Going by that logic benzodiazepines are social media

[-] pineapplelover@lemm.ee -2 points 6 months ago

I was kinda making a light hearted joke but if you want to go by the formal definition, Lemmy is still considered social media

Social media:

Interactive forms of media that allow users to interact with and publish to each other, generally by means of the Internet.

[-] Ultragigagigantic@lemmy.world 4 points 6 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.

[-] Woozythebear@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago

They are by definition social media...

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