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Q&A Is Social Media Science Fiction?

I am writing a science fiction story (actually a screenplay for a film, but I imagine that for the purposes of this question the same rules apply) and I have been told that it isn't really science ...

3 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by user124‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T11:39:53Z (over 4 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/44456
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar user124‭ · 2019-12-08T11:39:53Z (over 4 years ago)
I am writing a science fiction story (actually a screenplay for a film, but I imagine that for the purposes of this question the same rules apply) and I have been told that it isn't really science fiction. It's a series of vignettes with an overarching plot about the snowball effect, and is _designed_ to not really have any single antagonist; the primary "vessel" for this is social media and its abuse. All of the social media used does currently exist (it's a film for a school project, so I get fair use). Does this... _count_ as science fiction? If not, why?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-04-07T22:41:02Z (about 5 years ago)
Original score: 15