When they allowed you a form of media through which to socialize.

always have been

This thread is like talking to my father who insists that “mainstream media” is evil, while he watches Fox News and misses the irony entirely.

since usenet.

It’s social. and it’s media. you put them together like peanut butter and jelly and you have an awful sandwich, but it’s still social media.

You get downvoted but you are right.

Social media is when the main subject is your social stuff. Like your person, your pictures, your opinions, etc.

Lemmy is a forum where we talk about subjects and don’t share our social stuff by default.