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I also used to make a distinction for apps where the majority of content was rando internet user created. But all the apps are now just fulltime creators and very rarely does a true rando go viral.

The “going viral” technique got ruined similarly to how seo ruined search. Completely ruined to the point that the little guy never appears.

I’ve been a dev at 8 places over 28 years and have never heard of this level of incompetence since git came along. Prior to git, with cvs, svn, tfs, vss - yeah, lots of incompetence because the tools sucked. Git solves all those problems tho!

Yeah when musically/tiktok came along, twitter, insta, snap, and YouTube all copied the model so you’ve got this dual use thing going on there where you can scroll short videos, but you don’t have to

I think the words were used not just by different generations, but also different level of users.

As someone who was around and heavily involved in tech during the bbs days, then walled garden services, then internet forums, THEN social networking and media, I agree not with you but with the prior comment.

The dictionary definitions are rewriting history based on a word that hadn’t even been coined yet. They created a definition which retroactively lumped nearly the entire internet under that term. It’s incorrect and unhelpful to do so.

However, given that language changes and us old geeks don’t make the rules, “social media” now indeed includes the entire internet. I can’t argue with the dictionary, but I can explain the reasoning behind my disagreement with the term. I think that’s the same the last person was saying.

The majority of humans weren’t on the internet before social media. So that’s all they know.

I personally find it easier for non programmers to use a START:LENGTH model.

3:5 is (up to) 5 elements starting at the third.

1:1 is just the first element

Any 0 is invalid

20:2 is elements 20 and 21

It eliminates inclusive/exclusive questions.

So much repetition and fluff. Obviously AI written and told to use hundreds of words instead of making it short and succinct.

You’re not doing the world a favor with this slop.

Let’s not ruin Lemmy yet? Please?

I’m genuinely sorry that my words upset you.

Good day sir.

Sorry you feel that way. While I am very experienced in the field, and as such would be surprised that this snuck by me, I miss things from time to time. That’s why I asked for references.

If experience in a field isn’t an argument for being knowledgeable in the field, you’re likely hard to please.

You’re not my enemy. You’re batshit crazy, but definitely not my enemy.

What part of that is related to this? I just read it.

This is just disguised anti-Trump nonsense under a veil of bits of facts tossed around. This is the equivelant of the right claiming that Joe Biden is wearing a mask. Ppl on the fringe are crazy.

OOOFFF GOT ME