I have heard the term news aggregator too. What do these definitions mean to you? How would you define the category?

  • Schwim Dandy@lemmy.zip
    4·
    1 day ago

    It’s no more or less a news aggregator than Facebook. You may find something relating to news on lemmy but you’re just as likely to find a drawing of a couple furries fisting each other.

    I consider the site an online community where anyone can participate in or create a category to discuss anything under the sun.

  • CautiousPickle@lemmy.world
    31·
    1 day ago

    They are user forums/social media.

    News Aggregator is only accurate if the sites actually scrape the web for news. Here and the other place rely almost entirely on users and bots for content. Since users and bots are neither hired or employed by the sites it’s disingenuous to claim either generates anything at all. Neither site is relevant without the user generated content.