The term “social media” is already toxic. When I started using the Internet, socialising and media were two separate things. Conflating the two implies that every time we say something, we are publishing an article and should care about how many views and likes we get, instead of making a genuine attempt at connection. And it suggests that every reply should be some kind of review of the post it replies to.
In the days of forums, people would just post what came into mind. They were more honest because there was no number next to your comment rating how good it was.
By nature and definition, social media is any platform that without users there would be no content. Vbulletin forums et al actually fall into that scope.
And gods do I miss them. Used to have a website i’d go for every niche discussion, and if there were points in the forum it was usually for gimmicky flash games or something and not for clout
The forums are still very good platforms for automotive content and troubleshooting. I assume there are other fields where this is true. The etiquette there was always to lurk and learn before posting. Here, not so much.
There’s still great places here and even on reddit to find information, the key is just to focus on finding places where people enjoy the subject of the forum XD
But yeah, lurk lurk lurk, unless you have something of value (or funny) to contribute.
I hate that we call social media debate platforms.
CEOs found a way to divide us with the internet. I hate what it became
The term “social media” is already toxic. When I started using the Internet, socialising and media were two separate things. Conflating the two implies that every time we say something, we are publishing an article and should care about how many views and likes we get, instead of making a genuine attempt at connection. And it suggests that every reply should be some kind of review of the post it replies to.
In the days of forums, people would just post what came into mind. They were more honest because there was no number next to your comment rating how good it was.
That’s what people use discord for now.
By nature and definition, social media is any platform that without users there would be no content. Vbulletin forums et al actually fall into that scope.
And gods do I miss them. Used to have a website i’d go for every niche discussion, and if there were points in the forum it was usually for gimmicky flash games or something and not for clout
I think a major criteria should be gamifying of content with likes, follows, etc. as the person above was getting at.
I mean specific forums for debate and not the general social web, but you probably just wanted to vent and that’s fair.
Bless you for clarifying, my brain hopped right to you meaning Twitter for some reason. You can tell how much faith I’ve got these days lol
Well thinking about it, your assumption is probably the norm nowadays. I’m the weirdo still visiting places running vbulletin and shit lol.
The forums are still very good platforms for automotive content and troubleshooting. I assume there are other fields where this is true. The etiquette there was always to lurk and learn before posting. Here, not so much.
There’s still great places here and even on reddit to find information, the key is just to focus on finding places where people enjoy the subject of the forum XD
But yeah, lurk lurk lurk, unless you have something of value (or funny) to contribute.