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[-] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

That'd make Twitter not social media for people not using their actual names.

[-] westyvw@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

Alot of people do use their names on Twitter, and they really encourage you to follow, buy, and sell.

I don't recall people calling forums social media, and Lemme (and Reddit) are more like forums, with you following the subject. Not each other. Very much like BBS back in the day except with links.

[-] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

The tougher requirement of people using their name would leave very few social medias. Basically just LinkedIn and Facebook, with Twitter and others that have usernames but also named people being in the grey area.

[-] westyvw@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

Even though there are anonymous people on twitter, it still asks you to follow, and the posts are generally self promotion, not discussion of topics. That is the big difference.

Lemmy is media, without the social part. Unless you really want to. I have not even looked at the users names I respond to, because that does not matter. On twitter, it actually does, real name or not.

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