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> After all, we're on social media here, right now [...] Similarly, Reddit is social media as well I don't agree, but i can't really formulate why. For exampl
by Ntrails 2y ago
> After all, we're on social media here, right now [...] Similarly, Reddit is social media as well
I don't agree, but i can't really formulate why. For example is 4chan social media, or Something Awful? I'd say no, they're forums. How is that distinct from Twitter or facebook? Fundamentally the model feels completely different to me. The idea of user centric feeds/content doesn't really fit. Maybe it's that the content is not the OP but the latest days worth of posts?
I see how on that metric HN is not forum-y but social media-y. But there it's the user vs content centric aspect?
Where does Pinterest sit?
Hummm, not at all sure.
- Zandikar 2y agoI mean, it's a matter of pedantics and subjectivity. Technically, Social Media is a super set of all of those things. They're all media platforms that primarily operate around user socialization (aka engagement). They are, by definition, social media, and in turn social media has been around long before Facebook (eg, slashdot, BBS, Usenet, etc). I do agree there's a difference/nuance to be recognized here though (eg, old web vs new web social interactions). I think user vs content focus kinda misses the mark, as the truly key differentiator for me is what influences the activity, both in terms of driving people to post in the first place, but also in curating what they can('t) or should(n't) post. In other words, is the platform a community trying to serve it's users, or a company trying to serve it's stake/shareholders?