Forums, chat rooms, irc, email and other forms of communication existed way before facebook and it were not labeled social media. Social media is its own beast. I would not categorize Reddit and like platforms as social media.
Similarly in terms of words, I saw an article ranking fast food places and basically listed every brand chain restaurant as fast food. Terms should have meaning.
Words can be invented after the thing they describe. “Social media” was invented when normies started using it, long after nerds started using media to socialise.
My sibling in sin, you are using this medium to socialise.
Forums, chat rooms, irc, email and other forms of communication existed way before facebook and it were not labeled social media. Social media is its own beast. I would not categorize Reddit and like platforms as social media.
Similarly in terms of words, I saw an article ranking fast food places and basically listed every brand chain restaurant as fast food. Terms should have meaning.
Words can be invented after the thing they describe. “Social media” was invented when normies started using it, long after nerds started using media to socialise.