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I'm not sure I'm planning to visit the US ever again, but if I did, what would count as social media? Does HN count? Does my blog? IRC nickname? Github and Bitb

I'm not sure I'm planning to visit the US ever again, but if I did, what would count as social media? Does HN count? Does my blog? IRC nickname? Github and Bitbucket accounts? I've never had a Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, Instagram, Pinterest or LinkedIn account. The only thing I guess unequivocally counts as social media is my Mastodon accounts.

aurelian15 9y ago
GitHub is explicitly listed as "social media" on the optional question that is on the ESTA [1] form since 2016. If I remember correctly, the wording is relatively broad, so I would guess that HN and Reddit count as well. [1] https://www.evisaonline.com/en/usa/esta.html https://www.evisaonline.com/en/usa/esta.html
- freehunter 9y ago
  Since when did GitHub stop being a code repository and start becoming a social network? Am I using GitHub wrong?
  - piqalq 9y ago
    What do you think commits are? git commit -m -S “just having my 4th Oreo milkshake haha”
  - lovich 9y ago
    It has stars and accounts, so there is a social aspect
  - saagarjha 9y ago
    Isn’t GitHub’s motto “social coding” or something similar?
- davb 9y ago
  Just an FYI - that website (evisaonline) isn’t an official government site. They seem to be some third party who provide some sort of ESTA application service. The official site is at https://esta.cbp.dhs.gov/esta/ https://esta.cbp.dhs.gov/esta/
  - aurelian15 9y ago
    Thanks, my fault. Just pasted the first link Google returned.
    - douglasheriot 9y ago
      Yeah… so annoying it confused me for a while.
quantum_magpie 9y ago
These were on my ESTA application last summer: ASKfm Facebook Flickr GitHub Google+ Instagram JustPaste.it LinkedIn Tumblr Twitter Vine VKontakte (VK) YouTube Other