Social Media vs Social Networking, how close or further apart are these concepts?

Back in the 00’s, social network or social networking platform were a widely more used term to describe these platforms and it seems to have fallen into disuse only to be replaced by “social media”. But why did this happen? Did these platforms became way more less driven towards actual social networking and more directed

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Augmenting exposure to multidimensional characteristics of self

One of the most important factors of awareness and consciousness expansion is the ability to confront seemingly contradictory and dichotomic ideas and perceptions, and one of the most accessible ways to accomplish this is by facing social exposure of other people’s judgements. Mass combinatory sampling of experiences aids in general the expansion of this field

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Beyond advertising revenue

One thing which has been very constant in social media / networking revenue models is advertising constituting the major bulk of these platform’s revenue, so whats the significance of such stance? Were these platforms solely made to become advertising walls in it’s comercial purpose? What are the counterparts and benefits of such reality? According to

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A Youtube critique and why we need better competing video platforms

In regards to this subject I won’t be discussing as much about Youtube as a platform from it’s technical aspects but more so about it’s policies, community guidelines and so on… The evil “strikes” and other fast drafted undercompreensive punishments One thing that always annoyed me very much is how fragile in this sense Youtube

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Shadowy algorithmic censorship

Shadow bans, hidden posts and comments which the user doesn’t know are being canceled although they might appear visible. What’s the impact of all this and why? Firstly I’d say, temporary withdrawal from engagement because of discomfort. The point is, what kind of engagement do people who administrate these platforms witness as detrimental to their

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