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minus-squareirelephant [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 hours agoI would definitely call a forum or IRC channel social media. I wouldn’t consider blogs social media unless they had a very active comments section.
minus-squareFedditor385@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 hours agoMedia is more audio, video, image. Which fits social media. Most forums and blogs are text-based or primary text. There is no blog sharing only images/videos/audio as posts. Also no such forum. That would be my key differentiation - forums and IRC is social, but not really media.
I would definitely call a forum or IRC channel social media.
I wouldn’t consider blogs social media unless they had a very active comments section.
Media is more audio, video, image. Which fits social media.
Most forums and blogs are text-based or primary text. There is no blog sharing only images/videos/audio as posts. Also no such forum.
That would be my key differentiation - forums and IRC is social, but not really media.