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Is HN not social media?

• vaylian 7y ago
  That's debatable. Where is the social element? If you stretch the definition of social media long enough you could also call the usenet, mailing lists or Wikipedia social media. HN isn't really about human connections or personal interactions. We might discuss them, but HN isn't designed or usually used for creating them.
  • pg_is_a_butt 7y ago
    The entire social community on this site revolves around making ycombinator money and using and creating human connections and personal interactions for them to make money. Anyone who would debate that for anything other than sport is delusional.
  • pier25 7y ago
    > Where is the social element? Right here in the comments.
  • duckmysick 7y ago
    The comment section, submissions themselves, upvotes, and the user profiles - some of them even reaching celebrity-like status, for better or worse - are social elements in my eyes. And yes, I would also classify the usenet and mailing lists as social media. As for Wikipedia, maybe certain parts. On the other end you have traditional media with fewer social elements and a limited number of content publishers: the press, books, television, radio, and read-only websites.
• elliotec 7y ago
  It's news at the very least. It's in the name.