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      1 year ago

      Is fediverse social media? I never considered reddit or this social media. More like a forum

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        It’s social media in the technical definition - it’s a place to view media, both entertainment and news, with commentary, groups, the ability to follow someone, etc. Which makes it social.

        But yeah, it’s not quite like Facebook/Instagram/LinkedIn. A little bit like Twitter though.

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          Yeah. I guess you’re right. I just don’t follow anyone and without real names it seems different

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            Different kinds of social media have different focuses. Reddit and forum style have a bit less focus on the person and more focus on the content than Twitter because of how people interact with the platform itself. Twitter is very person centric, encouraging you to follow people to cut through the noise. Having communities which surface voted content puts more emphasis on the community than the individual and draw out the timeframe of algorithm engagement.