> Do you people of the HN consider HN as a social media? Yes, definitely. At times when I'm really busy, I'll even occasionally blacklist it to avoid distract

> Do you people of the HN consider HN as a social media? Yes, definitely. At times when I'm really busy, I'll even occasionally blacklist it to avoid distractions. The feelings HN gives me are very similar to the feelings that Reddit/Facebook would give me. I think that platforms like Reddit have additional downsides that HN has managed to avoid, but HN is a social forum.