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>Everything is filtered through social media. We are on social media right now.

What's an example of the anti-social media that fits the mould you seek? BBSes? email groups ?

I agree about mindless repetition of terms like misinformation and censorship. These terms are used to attack political opposition rather than advance any progress.

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I define "social media" as anything that manipulates content visibility based on metrics that aren't related to the content itself or user's direct inputs. Because of deliberately deceptive terminology in play this definition will inevitably sound kooky.

Yes, BBSes/forums, chats, NTP news groups and mailing lists are not "social media" in my book. It's important to note that the word "social" in social media was always a kind of marketing ploy.

Would you include voting systems within threads and messages such as the one we're on, where visibility can be affected?

Absolutely. Like I said, we are on social media right now.

I think that means Mastodon also doesn't count as a social media (not disagreeing)

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