I have old Facebook and Twitter accounts, maybe some others. I'm old so there's a MySpace account out there. But I've mostly been using reddit the last decade or so, and have migrated to Lemmy. Now, Lemmy is the only social media i use. Recent news got me thinking about this question.

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[–] 49 points 2 years ago (7 children)

What exactly is the legal definition of "social media" anyway?

Personally I don't consider lemmy or reddit to be social media, they're more like several forums in a trench-coat.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago

    Yeah, that term has gotten overly broad. I like to separate it into two groups. Personal social media, where you use your real name and stuff, and (for lack of a better term) anonymous social media, where you just use some screen name. If anything you post a comment in is social media most news sites are social media. The term needs to be reigned in and I think should only apply to the personal variety.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I'd say they are because I think I'm getting addicted to Lemmy. It's a habitual task in my free time now.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Going by that logic benzodiazepines are social media

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  • [–] -2 points 2 years ago

    I was kinda making a light hearted joke but if you want to go by the formal definition, Lemmy is still considered social media

    Social media:

    Interactive forms of media that allow users to interact with and publish to each other, generally by means of the Internet.

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