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It has been for decades. Also, people don’t know what the hell they want or are talking about - so often people tell me they have no apps on their phone, they d
by madaxe_again 2y ago
It has been for decades. Also, people don’t know what the hell they want or are talking about - so often people tell me they have no apps on their phone, they don’t like apps, they’re bad and wrong - and then I see they’ve got Facebook, instagram, 10 candy crush clones, etc. “what about those?” “Those aren’t apps. Those are things.”
My mother has total disdain for “social media users” yet spends six hours a day on Facebook. She doesn’t see it as social media. “It’s more of a virtual parlour”
So yeah. People don’t know what the hell they want or are talking about.
- will5421 2y agoThey know what they want, just not what they’re talking about.
- lazide 2y agoOr they know what they want, and what they’re talking about - in the sense of denial and projection anyway.
- nottorp 2y ago> has total disdain for “social media users” What's social media today anyway? I've been told the likes of whatsapp or discord are also social media. But they're just chat apps to me because you use them to chat with other people and they don't have automated systems that cram cat pictures down your throat.
- prmoustache 2y ago> and they don't have automated systems that cram cat pictures down your throat. Yes they do. It is your aunt who is crazy about cats. Nearly every family has one.
- nottorp 2y agoIt’s a crazy aunt on WhatsApp, it’s not an engagement algorithm. Does your Facebook even show you your aunts posts? I have a feeling it’s stopped showing friends and relatives for me ages ago.
- prmoustache 2y agoSorry that was just a tongue in cheek joke.
- vonunov 2y agoIn recent years I've been running into more and more people who will say all sorts of things are social media on the basis that they let you talk to other people. This has happened in reference to reddit comments, web forums, Discord, Telegram . . . There seem to be some neo-cyberpunk LARPers taking interest in stuff like Usenet and IRC for kewl points. I wonder if these are also "social media". Of course, it doesn't help that pretty much everyone has been saying "social media" for years when they almost always meant "social networking".