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>Maybe 50 should be the upper bound. I'm in my fifties and have never had any sort of social media account. Are you not posting here?

by cr1895 9y ago

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jawilson2 9y ago
Hacker news is a short stone's throw from AOL chat rooms and IRC, powered by contemporaneous technology.
spraak 9y ago
Can you explain how you see Hacker News as social media?
- cr1895 9y ago
  We are discussing with each other publicly on a website, sharing ideas and information. Each of us is doing so tied to an identity, such as it is. Just as we might on Reddit, facebook, instagram, etc. All are social media. HackerNews is by no means different. In what way do you find it is not social media, or maybe I should ask how narrow is your definition of social media? I tried to find how exactly DHS defines "social media" because that is actually what is relevant to this discussion, but I was unable. I think someone had posted their definition in one of the other threads on this topic, if you want to try to find it yourself. Feel free to read through Wikipedia's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media
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- coldtea 9y ago
  It's a social voting website (not to mention the forum).
- vacri 9y ago
  How is having an online discussion different if it's on Facebook or HN?
  - sverige 9y ago
    First, there's no real name policy here. Second, the quality of content and discussion is much higher here than on Facebook. Third, the HN community is tiny compared to Facebook. For starters.
gerbilly 9y ago
I haven't seen the feature where HN keeps a social graph of your HN 'friends' yet.
sverige 9y ago
I considered that, and had a couple of thoughts: 1. HN is not a place where I seek "likes," karma (I know some do though), or share gifs of cats. Since there is karma and some sort of static identity attached to comments, though, I suppose it could be considered a social site to some. OTOH, I do not hold a Swedish passport, and do not plan to travel to Sweden, so tying my passport or other ID to my identity here would not be obvious, unless you count the NSA or whoever having the ability to tie my real name to this account. 2. I doubt HN is on the DHS list of 'social media sites' with Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, and whatever other sites you kids are using these days. P.S. Please don't misunderstand me: I love funny cat gifs. It is the main reason to allow the internet to continue to exist. P.P.S. Yes, the above P.S. was included solely to influence border security when they crack my laptop / phone and find HN on my bookmarked sites with my login credentials saved and start scrolling through my comments here. Fortunately, I self-censor to avoid losing too much karma with any single comment, which should keep me safely in the mainstream of contemporary public mores and avoid arousing suspicion.

>Maybe 50 should be the upper bound. I'm in my fifties and have never had any sort of social media account. Are you not posting here?

by cr1895 9y ago

>Maybe 50 should be the upper bound. I'm in my fifties and have never had any sort of social media account. Are you not posting here?

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jawilson2 9y ago

Hacker news is a short stone's throw from AOL chat rooms and IRC, powered by contemporaneous technology.

spraak 9y ago

Can you explain how you see Hacker News as social media?

cr1895 9y ago
We are discussing with each other publicly on a website, sharing ideas and information. Each of us is doing so tied to an identity, such as it is. Just as we might on Reddit, facebook, instagram, etc. All are social media. HackerNews is by no means different. In what way do you find it is not social media, or maybe I should ask how narrow is your definition of social media? I tried to find how exactly DHS defines "social media" because that is actually what is relevant to this discussion, but I was unable. I think someone had posted their definition in one of the other threads on this topic, if you want to try to find it yourself. Feel free to read through Wikipedia's article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media
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coldtea 9y ago
It's a social voting website (not to mention the forum).
vacri 9y ago
How is having an online discussion different if it's on Facebook or HN?
- sverige 9y ago
  First, there's no real name policy here. Second, the quality of content and discussion is much higher here than on Facebook. Third, the HN community is tiny compared to Facebook. For starters.

gerbilly 9y ago

I haven't seen the feature where HN keeps a social graph of your HN 'friends' yet.

sverige 9y ago

I considered that, and had a couple of thoughts: 1. HN is not a place where I seek "likes," karma (I know some do though), or share gifs of cats. Since there is karma and some sort of static identity attached to comments, though, I suppose it could be considered a social site to some. OTOH, I do not hold a Swedish passport, and do not plan to travel to Sweden, so tying my passport or other ID to my identity here would not be obvious, unless you count the NSA or whoever having the ability to tie my real name to this account. 2. I doubt HN is on the DHS list of 'social media sites' with Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, and whatever other sites you kids are using these days. P.S. Please don't misunderstand me: I love funny cat gifs. It is the main reason to allow the internet to continue to exist. P.P.S. Yes, the above P.S. was included solely to influence border security when they crack my laptop / phone and find HN on my bookmarked sites with my login credentials saved and start scrolling through my comments here. Fortunately, I self-censor to avoid losing too much karma with any single comment, which should keep me safely in the mainstream of contemporary public mores and avoid arousing suspicion.