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[–] Lumisal@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Since when is messaging platforms like Signal "social media"?

[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 3 points 4 days ago

I said the same thing like 8 years ago when I heard WhatsApp called "the largest social media platform in Africa." Most definitions include any platform for groups of people to share basically anything beyond just text with groups of other people they know.