Social media is on the decline. Instagram is all ads. No one's posting on BeReal. TikTok is for influencers. The new place for sharing: group chats.

Social media is on the decline. Instagram is all ads. No one’s posting on BeReal. TikTok is for influencers. The new place for sharing: group chats.

    • systemglitch@lemmy.worldEnglish
      82·
      2 years ago

      This and Reddit are 100% social media. Right now, writing this, we are socializing on this media.

      Maybe I’m wrong, but this is how I’ve viewed it for years

      • R51@lemmy.worldEnglish
        21·
        2 years ago

        nah. Social Media has a sort of implied entertainment attached to it, which is not a good description of, e.g., this very discussion. This -can- be social media if you’re just lurking, but for us conversing here this is now a forum. We’re sharing thoughts and discussing.

        • Vashti@feddit.ukEnglish
          1·
          2 years ago

          …for entertainment. For fun.

          I don’t think many of us would come here if it wasn’t fun.

    • pjhenry1216@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      2 years ago

      That’s basically how most of Instagram works and is what the article is about. No one knows folks on those platforms either. They aren’t “social” anymore. No one shares anything personal, it’s all “content” created for millions of followers by influencers and the like. This is probably more like social media than current platforms are. It’s closer to what social media was when it started.

        • R51@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          2 years ago

          preach. If anyone wants an example of what is meant by “forum” if you’re too accustomed to modern takes on it, visit places like news.ycombinator.com or just browse reddit using old.reddit.com and go in some less “popular” subs that aren’t just people posting random pics and videos.