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For Bluer Skies: Bluesky as a Viable Alternative to X (statecraft.beehiiv.com)
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[–] [email protected] 25 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Because the definition of what is and isn’t technology is arbitrary. Wikipedia says “Technology is the application of conceptual knowledge to achieve practical goals, especially in a reproducible way.” By that definition, social media is a technology (uses knowledge of computers and networking to enable online communication), but also so are most human creations.