> I can't think of a way to define "social media" that wouldn't include forums, mailing lists, Stack Overflow etc. Yes. Even Wikipedia has a comments section a

> I can't think of a way to define "social media" that wouldn't include forums, mailing lists, Stack Overflow etc. Yes. Even Wikipedia has a comments section and profile pages. I'm also deeply grateful for all the things I learned from interacting with other people on the internet. In fact, most interactions I've had were without any party knowing much about who the other person was. We didn't care about age, gender, race or any of the other real-life traits. We only cared about a shared curiosity. Forcing real identities and age verification onto the internet will destroy safe spaces for human interactions.