I have not used Facebook or Twitter for many many years now. In the end, there was only so much I could take when it came to pictures of meals and people complaining about how "hungover" they were on the weekends...
Social media tends to be too broad a term, it's an umbrella noun for many things including fun, games, informal chat, formal chat, business, enterprise and so on...
With this forum, it's all about diabetes and that's why I come here. Solely for that. I can log in and talk with others just like me and get sound advice when I need it. Likewise, I can also try to advise where I feel I can be of help, which gives me a sense of purpose... Social diabetes or diabetes media would be a better description for this place! I have no diabetic friends as such, so no one to sympathise and empathise with. But here I do
Call it social media if you want, but it's a form of social media that's free of the usual adverts, moneymaking ploys, malware and sometimes offensive content often found on other platforms. The information is good, direct and almost always helpful.
This "old school" form of social media (if we're calling it that) is also a great means to filter out idiots, trolls and general malicious kinds. From what I see online, Facebook and Twitter seem to be the "go to" sites for them sorts - where as traditional forums appear to be fairly void of that lot