Customizing SMF > Forks Discussion
Social media and forum [split from: List of Known SMF forks]
JXDavise:
--- Quote ---Couldn't disagree more. A forum is still a forum. Not a social media network. At least for me
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I absolutely agree width you, It's not a social media network .
AAAAAAAA:
Isn't a forum a place where you socialize?!
Although most forums are more specific to a certain passion or a hobby of some kind, there's really not much difference between a forum and a social media site.
The real big difference is only that anyone can join FB etc., while admins of a forum can be more specific about who they want in, as well as control what the site will be about.
Twitter, FB, G+ etc. are just more (and less) advanced versions of forums, nothing else.
MrPhil:
The distinction for me is that a forum would be a little more formally run, with stricter rules for what's permissible (e.g., "stay on subject") and definite categories. T and FB seem to be more free-for-alls (example: "I just had asparagus for dinner. Yum yum!") with little structure. In a forum, you can follow a thread and go back and find earlier discussions, while T and FB are probably pure noise more than a few days back.
emanuele:
I have several accounts on different forums, in most of them I use different nicks, different emails, in fact different identities (usually according to the subject of the forum, then it may happen some of the users know my real name but that is not always true and for sure not all of the users know it).
If people start using massively FB, G+, T, etc. to force/allow login and registration to forums it means I will not be able to register to different forums with different identities, I'll be force to have a FB account, and share my real identity with all the world in all the contexts I would like/try to register.
If that's the path internet is following it seems I can cancel my ADSL contract. :P
kingston250:
Its true and i agree with you.
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