Mmastodon TechnologyInternet first seen 8 d ago, last 8 d ago, peak #10
Writer argues 'social media' originally meant contact-based networks
Original: Okay, it's time for some strategically targeted # prescriptivist # PedantryCorner . The term # SocialMedia was coined to
An online commentator is making a prescriptivist argument about the origins of the term "social media", claiming it was coined to describe systems that asked for access to your contact list and connected you with your contacts and their contacts, rather than the feed-based platforms known by that name today. The post, tagged as deliberate pedantry, has drawn modest engagement from users interested in internet history and language.
Why now: People enjoy debating internet history and how the meaning of 'social media' has shifted from contact-based networking to algorithmic feeds.
Evidence
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