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Really? Define it then. Facebook is a website by all technical terms. Where is the hard defined line between social media services and a website? What is a w
by thebouv 6y ago
Really? Define it then.
Facebook is a website by all technical terms.
Where is the hard defined line between social media services and a website?
What is a website that hosts a forum?
What is Discord?
What if I run a WordPress website with the BuddyPress plugin?
What about comments on my blog articles?
- scotty79 6y agoYou could discriminate by just listing names of the platforms that this law is intended for or go by number of (polish?) users.
- ben_w 6y agoA while ago, I got a lot of flack here for suggesting that github wasn’t a social media website.
- zettadam 6y agoTechnically Facebook/Twitter are not websites, but "social" applications (web/native). You need to have a user account to see (FB) or post (FB/Twitter) anything.
- alsetmusic 6y agoI need a user account to watch Netflix. Same for banking. A user account is not the primary criteria of being a "social" application.
- amadeuspagel 6y agoWhere is the distinction between a company town and my living room? Define it.
- alsetmusic 6y agoBen Thompson, of Stratechery, had an interesting way of talking about Facebook that might help with a future definition of "social media services." He (and podcast co-host John Gruber[0]) talked about the idea that Facebook isn't the same site for any two people. Due to the algo, everyone has their own personal version of the site. Therefore, there's no individual snapshot of Facebook at any given time. I found this an interesting concept to point out. If one needed to distinguish between a website and "social media services," perhaps a law could be drafted such that such a condition was true. HN, for example, would be a website because commenting and voting is user-based. I suppose that might mean Spotify and Netflix would be swallowed by the definition. The definition would then need additional language about user-submitted content. [0]: https://dithering.fm https://dithering.fm
- nradov 6y agoAmazon.com isn't the same site for any two people. It shows you different product suggestions based on what you purchased or looked at before.
- numpad0 6y agoWebsites that host user generated content are social media. HN is a social media, your basement server isn’t, hosted content on AWS probably needs some definition workarounds but instinctively shouldn’t be.