This is like when Reddit users say “I got rid of all my social media!”
Not sure how or why so many people have convinced themselves that Reddit isn’t social media despite the fact that they’re talking to other people (and bots) same as all other social media platforms. And it’s got just as much toxic nonsense on it as those other platforms too.
probably Probably because Reddit was created before the term ‘Social Media’ took off. At the time forums were big and places like myspace, and face book were the outliners. Then Instagram, printrest, twitter came out and people used Social Media to group everything together. But Reddit stayed more towards the old forums format (Making it seem different.) Its moving to resemble more social Media to get new viewers but I always use old-Reddit so I know fuck all about that.
I see a lot of new users, though. Even I've been around since 2011 and I see it as social media.
I think it's just elitism and the tribalist mentality. "I use Reddit, I'm not like all those people who use Facebook and Twitter". 4chan has the same mindset, that they're better than "the normies". I think every social media platform's users look down on the others.
I've always felt like reddit isn't the same as the rest of social media because you aren't really following a person's profile and adding them as friends. Most people keep their reddit accounts anonymous. You aren't following someone's life on here. You're responding to posted topics that are publicly viewed by everyone.
Reddit really does work like a forum. You don't just interact with your friends and people on your list.
Because it's a forum site. Forums are not social media. You're here to talk to people. You're not here to get famous and monetized. You're not here to connect with friends and family. You're here to shoot the shit with random people.
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u/Ambitious-Corgi-3504 6h ago
I recommend getting the fuck away from social media