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Faine Greenwood
@faineg.com

It fascinates me how some people on social media nowadays actively seem to be weirded out when you attempt to actively interact with them, or to reply to their posts - as if they assume it’s a broadcast-first medium.

Shen-yi Liao 廖顯禕@liao.shen-yi.org

Other people have noticed this phenomenon too but danah boyd put the best slogan to it: social media is now parasocial media. Social media hasn't been social for a long while—how long depending on the platform, depending on the milieu. It's not folks sharing equally, but broadcasting and receiving.

journals.sagepub.comSocial Media Is Now Parasocial Media - danah boyd, 2026When practitioners used the term “social media” to describe the internet tools that emerged in the mid-aughts, they were giving a name to the kinds of platforms...
Faine Greenwood
@faineg.com

I primarily use social media because I genuinely talking with and meeting new people, and I do at least try to read and reply to all interactions. I find it interesting how many comments I’ve received from other social media users about how apparently unusual my online behavior is in 2026.

GHOSTopher Bird
@mightygodking.com

Someone messaged me after the silly Columbo thing I did went viral that I did it for "clout" and I was like what the fuck kind of clout are you talking about here

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kinoko
@kinokosaur.bsky.social

Probably the same people who downvote me on Reddit when I ask a simple question. I am here to ask for help, in case someone in the subreddit for this niche special interest has a genuine answer! Posting is not "clout chasing" or "karma farming", FFS.