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Nurgus t1_iufphm5 wrote

What do young people use now? I notice they don't Facebook like us oldies.

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ceilingscorpion t1_iufqfhu wrote

I don’t use social media unless you count Reddit. Though I think of that as more of asocial media

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D4M0theking t1_iuh7qqt wrote

Reddit is, as per definition, no social media, but a forum. On Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter and probably Tiktok (I don't use it so I don't know exactly), people you know are suggested for you to follow/add. Likes are also often public. Reddit is way more anonymous. If you fuck up on, let's say Twitter, by saying something controversial, people are gonna remember you for that. That works for both good and bad things. Your history on Reddit is way less important than on other sites. If you get up- or downvoted depends on what you say, not what you said.

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TrashbatLondon t1_iuhi4a7 wrote

But you can, if you choose, use reddit as social media. I’d define social media as anything that allows users to publish content and connect with each other. Reddit also operates as a forum, but a forum generally doesn’t have the ability to follow individual users.

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Dusty170 t1_iugzd18 wrote

I don't see reddit as social media tbh, its just a place where I can read about stuff, nothing really social about it, I don't know you, you don't know me.

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Th3Banzaii t1_iuhktaw wrote

Implying there is anything social about Facebook and the likes.

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retarded-degen t1_iuiwg20 wrote

It’s less anonymous and some people, myself included, only follow people on instagram that they actually know in real life

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Dusty170 t1_iujfnk4 wrote

Hell of a lot more social than reddit at least, you have to add and see people on facebook, ew.

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Alex_butler t1_iugz3yg wrote

A combination of Snapchat, Instagram, Twitter, tiktok for some.

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Living_Murphys_Law t1_iuhn6a2 wrote

I use Reddit and YouTube, and technically Snapchat although I haven't touched it in about a year.

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dwarvaham t1_iuj6551 wrote

  1. Instagram
  2. Snapchat
  3. TikTok (except countries where it's banned eg: India)
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