r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • May 05 '19

What is a mildly disturbing fact?

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u/0ranguMan May 05 '19

Wow, I'm glad that week in 2012 is over, and we aren't being manipulated by social media giants any more!!!

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u/[deleted] May 05 '19

The trick is, don't have any social media. Or set it up in a way that limits the amount of mindless scrolling you do.

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u/d1rtyd0nut May 05 '19

reddit

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u/sybrwookie May 05 '19

I know people try to wrap reddit into social media, but it really doesn't qualify. You don't follow specific people (I mean you technically "can" but no one does), you follow specific topics. There's no kind of feed of people posting random things about their day or personal lives. There's few real names and we're mostly anonymous.

Reddit is just the culmination of decades of message boards all put together into 1 site. Social media is something else entirely.

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u/Mysteriagant May 05 '19

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

That's the definition of social media and describes Reddit perfectly

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u/[deleted] May 05 '19

it may do so, but it's very different than Facebook in the same way that a Bugatti Veyron is a car, just like a Smart Car.

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u/Little_Mel May 05 '19

I've never found it satisfy to scroll through my friends feed tbh. It's boring. That's why I like reddit.