People here like to say “I don’t use social media; I use forums” like there is a difference between the two. There isn’t.
Forums are places where people post and comment on user generated content, other comments themselves.
People here like to say “I don’t use social media; I use forums” like there is a difference between the two. There isn’t.
Forums are places where people post and comment on user generated content, other comments themselves.
I define it this way. Social media centers around having a social identity that others engage with. I’ve been on smaller forums where I recognized every user name and knew their individual personalities, which is probably pretty close to social media. But most large forums are basically anonymous, and you don’t engage with the user so much as you engage with the discussion.
If you just define “social media” as media which involves others, then all media besides a private personal journal is ultimately social.