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[โ€“] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I'd argue things like IRC, usenet, etc were also social media, only the term hadn't been coined yet.

[โ€“] Nalivai@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

There is a fundamental difference between a chatroom and a social media feed. The second one is painfully easy to hijack to do some damage, the first one not so much.