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Is BITOG just a version of social media or is it something else?
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Just how many 93-97 Nissans are still on the road such that a forum dedicated to their upkeep is necessary? I see that for many ordinary cars long out of production and not particularly collectible. I've probably registered at more than 500 car forums since going online in the 90's. Some that had 50 posts a day 20 years ago may have one or two a week now, if they even still exist. Just a matter of natural attrition.
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Remember 442.com? Of course you don't. But is was THE forum for us Oldsey guys.
AutoMechanic
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It’s a forum. I visit it way more than anything like Facebook, Flickr, etc. I just wish we had a section designated for license plates, lol. That’s the main thing I follow on Facebook is License Plate Collection pages and license plate buy sell and trade pages and tool pages and keep up with school friends. This is a lot better than social media cause everything on here isn’t really related to stuff on those platforms. Like I don’t have to worry about clicking on BITOG and seeing a political post right off or anytime I should say whereas Facebook or twitter that’s hard to avoid. So it’s not social media but both social media and this forum or any forum has its advantages and disadvantages.
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Nope. Bitog is definitely not social media. It's a discussion forum.
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Guess there her for a good time, not a long time
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I love me some Oldsmobile - only GM I ever owned, but alas the forum and company no longer exist.
It actually is. Look up any definition of "social media".
Why is this such a sensitive subject for you? Arguing with every contradictory opinion posted here.
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I always considered "social media" a place where girls post duck face pictures and their fave flavor lattes, or letting the world know which room they're in now. Kind've a haven for attention whores.
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I'd say it's an old school form of Social Media.
There's nothing wrong with social media. Social media is what you make of it. Sure there's creepy things, annoying things, political things, etc. but only if you follow those things. Facebook only gives you pages you actually follow yourself or seeing friends you've added. There's some more ads now though. TikTok learns what videos you like and interact with, and give you similar content. I love TikTok and spend way too much time on it, but I enjoy it so who cares?
I say you can't judge something unless you've given it a fair chance. It isn't like being against crack-cocaine, we can all agree that isn't good stuff.
There's nothing wrong with social media. Social media is what you make of it. Sure there's creepy things, annoying things, political things, etc. but only if you follow those things. Facebook only gives you pages you actually follow yourself or seeing friends you've added. There's some more ads now though. TikTok learns what videos you like and interact with, and give you similar content. I love TikTok and spend way too much time on it, but I enjoy it so who cares?
I say you can't judge something unless you've given it a fair chance. It isn't like being against crack-cocaine, we can all agree that isn't good stuff.
Social media isn't always bad. It can sure be overwhelming sometimes but really only if you keep looking at the bad things. Facebook lets me connect with buddies from bootcamp and it also led me to the local evo group, which has immensely influenced where I am now, socially, financially, and literally.
From the perspective of a dinosaur who remembers when going "online" meant dialing into a BBS with a 300 baud modem. this sums it up best.
The WELL, Usenet, BBSes, Delphi, Compuserve, The Source, AOL, Mailing Lists, Web Forums (like this), weren't overtly "social" spaces, like MySpace or Facebook, blogs, etc. I never got into it, but the old time social hangouts occurred over IRC, facilitated by one-on-one chats and private messaging, as a precursor to AIM, and later, Skype.
Usenet was always a Wild West, increasing in severity depending on where one ventured among the thousands of groups. Reddit serves that role now, at least in the mainstream (not "dark web" sense), even down to the torturous UX that many hate.
I still draw the distinguishing line between whether people were primarily drawn to those sites for information, or interests, not as venues to show themselves off first and foremost, or make connections with others beyond sharing the common interests.
So for instance, I signed up here to learn about motor oil, not specificially to learn about how much hock AutoMechanic loves his local Snap-on truck, or the extent of Jeff's man crush on Elon Musk, to name a couple. They probably didn't sign up here to make those things known either, but they have shared those things, and thus, there is a social element involved.
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Pleanty of photos of food in the Photos forum.I would say its just shy of "social media" until people start posting pics of their dinner plates.
It’s also a requirement.
It was sad for me to watch bits and pieces of Nicoclubs die, I was super active on the various 240sx forums for many years. I just got rid of my 240sx convertible a year or so ago after driving it for two decades. Plus I had one for about four years back in the mid-90's right when they first came out. I kind of saw the birth and now the near-death, of that forum. Its kind of inevitable though, those cars are older and most are beat up and rusted by now, very few of them on the road at all anymore. The age group driving them got older, got married, had kids, moved on to more modern cars. Makes sense that a lot of these forums die. Its going to happen to BITOG as well. GASP..
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An online forum, in which people use a particular media to interact socially, is social media. The content of the social interactions is not what defines it as "social", nor does it separate this forum from the tens of thousands of others discussing hamsters, video games or operating systems; and the manner in which you interact with it does not change that it is "media".
BITOG does not hound you like FB
There is no matching or otherwise intrusive algorithm
There is no matching or otherwise intrusive algorithm
