Landmark legislation sees the Australian government committed to the novel step of child protection by banning social media for under sixteens.

  • @Robin
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    326 hours ago

    In case you forgot, Lemmy is social media

    • snooggums
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      65 hours ago

      Let’s ban centralized for profit social media.

    • jawa21
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      -85 hours ago

      Huh? It is a kind of forum. Not even close to social media.

      • @Takumidesh
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        175 hours ago

        It’s exactly social media, just because it’s the one you like doesn’t make it less so.

        “websites and applications that enable users to create and share content or to participate in social networking.” -oxford

        “forms of electronic communication (such as websites for social networking and microblogging) through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content (such as videos)” - Merriam Webster

        Lemmy and forums fit the bill pretty clearly.

          • @jaybone
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            43 hours ago

            And forums predated the term “social media.”

        • jawa21
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          I wholeheartedly and respectfully disagree. Social media focuses on following individuals, not topics. There is no incentive to follow or be followed on a forum, and being pseudonymous really kills the “social network” part of that definition.

          Edit: typos