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1. alexwa+(OP)[view] [source] 2025-01-13 01:48:42
"So, I quit. Twitter, TikTok, Facebook — all gone"

I'm always curious here what counts as Social Media, and what's just a useful site?

Github? HackerNews? Reddit? Facebook, but only for FB Marketplace which is now a better local sales site than Craigslist?

What makes it social? Originally with FB and before it with MySpace it was the ability to put up a page about yourself, and then chat with others. HN has a profile and communication, so do the others listed.

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2. Juliat+wG[view] [source] 2025-01-13 09:56:22
>>alexwa+(OP)
> What makes it social?

For the modern definition of social, nowadays: incentives to generate engagement (connect with people, post, like, comment) to build up data to drive advertising sales.

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