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Thanks for your comment here on the social media site, Hacker News! I think we have to reorient ourselves on what counts as social media. It's not just Faceboo

Thanks for your comment here on the social media site, Hacker News! I think we have to reorient ourselves on what counts as social media. It's not just Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. It's forums like Hacker News, it's comment sections on your favorite blogs you frequent. It's the products available on Etsy or a small creator's personal Shopify store. Free speech isn't just about photos and text, it covers all forms of expression.

kmeisthax 3y ago
We used to just call these forums. Social media is a subset of forum where the posts are presented in a personally curated timeline of some kind.
- Goronmon 3y ago
  I would argue forums are just a subset of social media. "Social media" being the high level umbrella for platforms where users interact. Differentiated from platforms which are "read-only".