Nah, social media is defined by person-to-person relationships, “friend lists”, with content that is compiled from and tailored to the aggregate of a personal network. FR is more like a corkboard, content originates from the whole of our membership and is made available in whole to the same—actually the superset, the unrestricted public, specifically not restricted to a personal network. Also to note, FR is not a blog— more formally a “web log” i.e. open diary (implies a single author or limited few authors), people often mislabel it as so. FR is conceptially a bulletin board system, loosely modelled after similar systems I enjoyed as a teen in the 80’s. Social media, the blogs, and the original bulletin boards (aka forums) all share similar features, the edges tend to blur at times.
Thanks for the thoughtful comment, John.
>> Social media, the blogs, and the original bulletin boards (aka forums) all share similar features, the edges tend to blur at times.
Yes.