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> it has more than 97 million monthly active users on the site. > And the interactive nature of the site is not incidental to the service. It’s the whole point
by PopAlongKid 4y ago
> it has more than 97 million monthly active users on the site.
> And the interactive nature of the site is not incidental to the service. It’s the whole point.
I don't understand this part. I consult Wikipedia many times per week, but I am not an "active user", I don't have an account, and I don't use it "interactively" at all -- just read-only.
- lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 4y ago> (C) an online service, application, or website: > (i) that consists primarily of news, sports, entertainment, or other information or content that is not user generated but is preselected by the provider (emphasis mine) So it's kind of a case where extra clarification makes it less clear. Your interpretation would be that Wikipedia is not social media but it could still be interpreted that it is.
- PopAlongKid 4y agoI was aiming at the 50 million "active user" threshold. Wikipedia may be social media, but there is most likely a much smaller number who are "active" and "interact" with the site. The article linked also mentions that perhaps Twitter's "active user" count is far below 50 million. I consider myself and most others as passive users, just as I am with other sites (clearly not social media), such as www.irs.gov (U.S. tax agency) or Merriam-Webster dictionary. Or, as the article puts it, "Visits and users are not the same"
- advisedwang 4y agoYou are an active user by the conventional definition. A user is anyone that uses the service, whether or not you have an account. Active just means you use it on a regular/recent basis, regardless of whether you are editing or just reading an article.