Millennials: It’s ok to mourn the death of social media::Wired writes how “first-gen social media users have nowhere to go.” Ouch.

  • ParsnipWitch@feddit.de
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    11 months ago

    Forums are social media as well, though. They just have different features. “Social media” are all websites and applications which allow sharing of content between users.

    I think a forum was just less anonymous. I never remember any name on Lemmy, for example. On the forums ~back in the day~ I actually got to know the people. We even had forum meetings in real life.

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      11 months ago

      If you think about it, atmosphere is social media too