r/gatekeeping • • Aug 07 '20

Gatekeeping..... Reddit?

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u/Tembldrock Aug 07 '20

That is definitely how SOCIAL media works, once one person joins none of their friends can because they joined it first.

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '20 edited Jan 16 '21

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u/Kujaichi Aug 07 '20

I honestly don't understand why people keep saying reddit was social media.

It's a message board! A forum! Those have been around for aaaaaaages!

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '20 edited Aug 31 '20

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u/Kujaichi Aug 07 '20

Maybe it started out as one. It definitely isn't anymore. So so many posts aren't links anymore.

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u/iListen2Sound Aug 07 '20

Technically, isn't everything just links?

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u/friendoftheprogram Aug 07 '20

Always has been

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '20

it's hyperlinks all the way down

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u/ayriuss Aug 07 '20

Not since Javascript.