"Social Media" is a really specific term and it doesnt mean any random forum.
At least on wikipedia, the definition for "social media" doesn't include real names, or posting stuff about your life specifically.
>Social media are interactive technologies that facilitate the creation and sharing of information, ideas, interests, and other forms of expression through virtual communities and networks.[1][2] While challenges to the definition of social media arise[3][4] due to the variety of stand-alone and built-in social media services currently available, there are some common features:[2]
>1. Social media are interactive Web 2.0 Internet-based applications.[2][5]
>2. User-generated content—such as text posts or comments, digital photos or videos, and data generated through all online interactions—is the lifeblood of social media.[2][5]
>3. Users create service-specific profiles for the website or app that are designed and maintained by the social media organization.[2][6]
>4. Social media helps the development of online social networks by connecting a user's profile with those of other individuals or groups.[2][6]
Reddit is very much a "social media". So is HN.
Removing photo posting or allowing people to use pseudonyms doesn't exempt a site from being social media.
If someone doesn't post photos to Facebook, does that make it not a social media for them?
If Facebook decided to allow pseudonyms, would it not be social media?
Forums, imageboards, and psuedonymous or anonymous places are not the same as Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, etc
>If Facebook decided to allow pseudonyms, would it not be social media?
You can name your account anything on Instragram or TikTok, but even so most people will connect it to their real identity, add all their IRL friends, etc. Not the case on HN Reddit or any other forum
not everyone stays pseudonymous.