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I don’t consider it to be social media. It’s a tech site I can add comments to. I’m not here to socialise. There are strict policies around discourse. It’s frow
by chris_wot 4y ago
I don’t consider it to be social media. It’s a tech site I can add comments to. I’m not here to socialise. There are strict policies around discourse. It’s frowned on to speak about politics and can get you banned.
We never called bulletin boards “social media” back in the day. And they weren’t.
- Kiro 4y agoIt's definitely social media by every definition of it.
- chris_wot 4y agoNot according to Oban and Wildman, who define social media as having the following characteristics: “To define “social media” for our current purposes, we synthesize definitions presented in the literature and identify the following commonalities among current social media services: 1) Social media services are (currently) Web 2.0 Internet-based applications, 2) User-generated content is the lifeblood of social media, 3) Individuals and groups create user-specific profiles for a site or app designed and maintained by a social media service, 4) Social media services facilitate the development of social networks online by connecting a profile with those of other individuals and/or groups.” Obar, J.A. and Wildman, S. (2015). Social media definition and the governance challenge: An introduction to the special issue. Telecommunications Policy, 39(9), 745-750. Quello Center Working Paper No. 2647377 https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2647377 https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2647377