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We should do this with all social media. Facebook too.
by busterarm 6y ago
We should do this with all social media.
Facebook too.
- whymauri 6y agoIs this website not a form of social media..?
- realusername 6y agoHN is just a forum really, there's not enough features to go beyond that.
- whymauri 6y agoInteresting. I guess I take the term "social media" a little too literally. This is not a hill I'm willing to die on, though. You're most likely correct.
- realusername 6y agoIt always depends on how you stretch the term indeed, HN has less features than most old-style phpbb forums so that sounds strange to count it as social media.
- busterarm 6y agoAs much as I've had my disagreements with dang and the team, they're doing a great job keeping this community together. If you steer clear of certain topics[1], this place is absolutely civil. [1]: Not the usual suspects and not what divides the rest of the world...
- empath75 6y agoThe problem isn’t social media, the problem is unmoderated social media that uses engagement metrics to drive their algorithms. They’re selecting for the most hateful, divisive content. It’s YouTube, it’s Facebook, it’s twitter. Those three sites are the problem. Reddit has a lot of hateful bullshit but you need to go out of your way to find it. YouTube and Facebook feed you a heroin drip of it all day long.