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Over 50 per cent of users may shun social media by 2025 as misinformation, toxicity grow::A Gartner survey found that 53 per cent of consumers believe the current state of social media has decayed compared to either the prior year or five years ago.

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[–] crackajack@reddthat.com -4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

No matter how much you rationalise it, forum is still a social media. You are still socialising after all-- in a medium of communication. You can still post pictures in forums if you want, but modern social platforms just have better UI and convenience to post videos and photos than older forums.

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

By your definition even email is social media.

[–] crackajack@reddthat.com -5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Well, people have been sending mails before just for fun. Hence the phenomenon of "penpals".

[–] shamrt@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] crackajack@reddthat.com -5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think people miss the keyword "social".

[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] crackajack@reddthat.com -4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I think people should read more about media theory. Especially "The Medium is The Message".