As someone who coined a phrase "socially constructed media" back in 2004 when everyone was using "Web 2" I've been more than a little agitated by the use of "social media" at the exclusion of the Wikimedia projects. Either ask the stats, commentary and infographics are based on a poorly defined category, or my understanding of the words social and media somehow missed the new speak.
Does anyone who knows the inner workings of the Wikimedia projects have an argument for me? I find them to be the MOST social of all the user-generated sites I use. From sharing photos, video and graphics on Commons, constructing reports on News, negotiating courses or documenting research on Versity, or writing on Books... Why does this not warrant more than a mention in the stats, commentary and infographics about "social media"? Please don't tell me it's a commercial interest thing!
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