Are Message Boards social media?

[2nd_chance]

Are message boards a form of social media? I contend that they were social media before social media even existed and remain to be a form of social media. The only difference is that it's community social media and not individual. All the other components remain the same. That said, a person can start a journal or other type of thread and maintain it as their individual page.

I ask mainly because of the people whom I read on occasion here that say they hate social media. I always think... then why are you on it???

What's your opinion?

[Tshadows]

Are message boards a form of social media? I contend that they were social media before social media even existed and remain to be a form of social media. The only difference is that it's community social media and not individual. All the other components remain the same. That said, a person can start a journal or other type of thread and maintain it as their individual page.

I ask mainly because of the people whom I read on occasion here that say they hate social media. I always think... then why are you on it???

What's your opinion?

they're still social media. Just a different form of it

[Clinos]

they're still social media. Just a different form of it

Message boards, email lists, and blogs definitely fall within the overall definition of social media, however the line that really defines social media as we use the term is rapid media which is something that can be very quickly taken (away to reshare/meme/re-send), sourced, and shared in two way communication.

[bodyhard]

Its social media, to think otherwise is rather foolish.

[shmobin]

100%. Message boards are/were the Gen X solution to social media.

[LisaSkinnoble]

Absolutely!

[Mark1T]

Social Media. One thing they all have in common is that they are all monetized in each’s own unique way.

[x-trainer ben]

I say no because we(gen x) started with newsgroups in the 90's and they were very specific to( ex. gti-vr6 list) the topic on hand. I see social media as more a thing like Myspace where you put a photo, and all of your personal business out there "on the street" for all to consume. To me one is more individual while the other is a collective exchange of thoughts, ideas, and opinions.

[MrNismo]

Merriam-Webster dictionary:

Social Media; 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)

Sounds exactly like a message board to me!

[shmobin]

I say no because we(gen x) started with newsgroups in the 90's and they were very specific to( ex. gti-vr6 list) the topic on hand. I see social media as more a thing like Myspace where you put a photo, and all of your personal business out there "on the street" for all to consume. To me one is more individual while the other is a collective exchange of thoughts, ideas, and opinions.

Meanwhile you're posting on a message board in the section that literally has no topic where we all do exactly what you describe, daily..

[bigtallox]

Are message boards a form of social media?it???

What's your opinion?

Yes

[x-trainer ben]

Meanwhile you're posting on a message board in the section that literally has no topic where we all do exactly what you describe, daily..

Lots of details are missing, intentionally, that you would have found on Myspace and FB. This is a community open chat to me.

Example 1. No one knows if i am home or away for the 4th of July, so my house won't be robbed like Rob Gronkowski's was....or countless others who have been tracked/stalked via social media.

[7Seconds]

You could claim any website with a social function is "social media”, however, not necessarily in the vein of Facebook & Co. While it is a discussion-based forum, it lacks the same networking and small-interaction structure of Soc Meds. I would say, however, that leaving Facebook to stalk message boards isn't a victory. It's just a change of scenery.

[Corbi]

I say no because we(gen x) started with newsgroups in the 90's and they were very specific to( ex. gti-vr6 list) the topic on hand. I see social media as more a thing like Myspace where you put a photo, and all of your personal business out there "on the street" for all to consume. To me one is more individual while the other is a collective exchange of thoughts, ideas, and opinions.

Yep, no photos or details on this site 🙄

[Brackneyc]

So it’s sorta social, demented and sad, but social. Right?

[x-trainer ben]

Yep, no photos or details on this site ������

Depends on you and what you enter.

[ih8hippies]

In the strict sense, it's absolutely Social Media. Depending on the context of discussion, I think folks add/remove criteria to differentiate the 2 (e.g. volume, social networking tools, etc).

[KeepItMoving]

Yes.


Next!!!

[mtpockets]

yup

[tanksoldier]

Lots of details are missing, intentionally, that you would have found on Myspace and FB. This is a community open chat to me.

Example 1. No one knows if i am home or away for the 4th of July, so my house won't be robbed like Rob Gronkowski's was....or countless others who have been tracked/stalked via social media.

So if I don’t mention on FB that I’m out of town suddenly FB isn’t social media?

It’s about what you CAN do with it, not what you decide to actually do.

[Corbi]

Depends on you and what you enter.

Same with FB, depends on how you set up your security & who can see what.

[x-trainer ben]

So if I don’t mention on FB that I’m out of town suddenly FB isn’t social media?

It’s about what you CAN do with it, not what you decide to actually do.

Maybe my example wasn't clear, since I don't do social media and I have only read pieces . I wasn't saying FB isn't but this website /forum, to me is not.

[x-trainer ben]

same with fb, depends on how you set up your security & who can see what.

ok.

[Brackneyc]

Maybe my example wasn't clear, since I don't do social media and I have only read pieces . I wasn't saying FB isn't but this website /forum, to me is not.

Idk, people here sometimes treat others here like they aren’t real people. In that sense, it is exactly like every “social media” platform.

It reminds me of a “vegetarian” that eats fish.

[Bando]

It reminds me of a “vegetarian” that eats fish.

Those are Pescitarians

[Brackneyc]

Those are Pescitarians

Then from today forward, those who don’t use social media, but hang out on message boards will be called what?

Fooling themselves itarians.

[LisaSkinnoble]

Those are Pescitarians

I know a woman in Wales who calls herself a "vegaquarian". I don't know if she made it up or not!

[StressMonkey]

I ask mainly because of the people whom I read on occasion here that say they hate social media. I always think... then why are you on it???

I agree with you 100%. It always confuses me when I see people say that on an online forum where you're interacting with people from around the world.

[Fishman15]

Is writing on the bathroom wall considered social media too because that's pretty much the extent of my posts here...

[Brackneyc]

Is writing on the bathroom wall considered social media too because that's pretty much the extent of my posts here...

Yes, as long as your laces don’t touch the floor.