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I am also deeply fascinated by TikTok. It is really next generation social media. Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Hacker News all look seriously dated in compari

by chvid 6y ago

I am also deeply fascinated by TikTok. It is really next generation social media. Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Hacker News all look seriously dated in comparison.

bzb3 6y ago
In what way exactly are you comparing tiktok to HN?
- chvid 6y ago
  Yeah. You are right. There are big diffferences. For one: You can joke on TikTok ...
  - nix23 6y ago
    >For one: You can joke on TikTok ... Choke not joke...big difference
  - bzb3 6y ago
    If that was a joke you might be overestimating your skills :P
    - chvid 6y ago
      Hey - I got 3 points for my last comment ...
- solarhoma 6y ago
  He must be delusional. Tiktok is for dancing videos as far as I can tell. The parent comment and down are taking stances that I would never expect on HN. Something is off, there is nothing ‘refreshing’ about tiktok.
  - Threeve303 6y ago
    He has a point though, HN has a serious lack of dancing videos.
    - 082349872349872 6y ago
      To be fair nerdcore doesn't attract chorus lines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fow7iUaKrq4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fow7iUaKrq4 Closest I can get to HN ⋂ dancing is 1:34-1:48 in Virus' "You should ask" (where the video is about the difficulty of source attribution on a LAN, let alone an entire internet) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVdoQ2fmIYs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVdoQ2fmIYs
  - SpicyLemonZest 6y ago
    I think you're underestimating how user-specific the feed is. I recently uninstalled it, but I was getting 5% dancing videos at best (worst?). The vast majority of my feed was animal videos, comedy skits, video games, and anime clips.
- StevePerkins 6y ago
  I don't agree with the parent comment's characterization, but I see sites like HN and Reddit described as "social media" all the time. For those us whose Internet citizenship pre-dates Friendster and MySpace, the term "social media" has a particular meaning. But for many younger "social media natives", the term basically just means "any website or app where you can make posts or comments".
  - mercer 6y ago
    Interesting observation. I grew up with shitty (but fun!) phpBB forums and the fancier vBulletin, but wouldn't categorize them as 'social media'. The first of those were probably cu2, MySpace, and eventually Facebook/Twitter/etc. When I think about it, it seems like a somewhat arbitrary distinction to make. I suppose the main difference is that the forums were self-hosted and I could have different identities for each one. And while I generally reused the same username, the fact that it wasn't just a matter of 'clicking on my profile' to see all my activity was something I really liked. Maybe to me the term "social media" has come to mean "social media /companies/"? That doesn't quite satisfy, but it really does feel like the primary difference is that on these forums I knew that they were generally not run for profit, and the 'gods' were just individuals who volunteered their time to host or moderate. It felt safer, and more personal.
nix23 6y ago
>Hacker News all look seriously dated in comparison Yes please make a movie about your next it projekt ;) I even hate repair-videos on youtube, it's slow and lame, the fix-it manuals are 1000s times better (since i know what a torx is and that most screws open counter-clock-wise)
- chvid 6y ago
  I just might. Seriously. Social media for techies - what will that look like in ten years? Like HN? Or more like TikTok ...
  - pjc50 6y ago
    Not having images on HN is occasionally annoying, but mostly it's a feature not a bug. I have a suspicion that HN will outlast TikTok, but it'll take a decade to find out.
  - nix23 6y ago
    VR headset and enriched reality....with a sexy manga girl in the right upper corner.
    - chvid 6y ago
      To give you guys a glimpse of the future - here is #coding and #startup on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/tag/coding https://www.tiktok.com/tag/coding https://www.tiktok.com/tag/startup https://www.tiktok.com/tag/startup
      - nix23 6y ago
        To give you a glimpse of reality: https://ayende.com/blog/Images/Windows-Live-Writer/Pair-Programming-at-Hibernating-Rhinos_BBD1/IMG_1809.jpg https://ayende.com/blog/Images/Windows-Live-Writer/Pair-Prog... EDIT: Wow i clicked on #Coding and it is like i taught about it...pure waste of time with Rainbowhairs and talking needle slim guy's with more grease on top than the hole movie 'Grease'

by chvid 6y ago

I am also deeply fascinated by TikTok. It is really next generation social media. Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Hacker News all look seriously dated in comparison.

bzb3 6y ago

In what way exactly are you comparing tiktok to HN?

chvid 6y ago
Yeah. You are right. There are big diffferences. For one: You can joke on TikTok ...
- nix23 6y ago
  >For one: You can joke on TikTok ... Choke not joke...big difference
- bzb3 6y ago
  If that was a joke you might be overestimating your skills :P
  - chvid 6y ago
    Hey - I got 3 points for my last comment ...
solarhoma 6y ago
He must be delusional. Tiktok is for dancing videos as far as I can tell. The parent comment and down are taking stances that I would never expect on HN. Something is off, there is nothing ‘refreshing’ about tiktok.
- Threeve303 6y ago
  He has a point though, HN has a serious lack of dancing videos.
  - 082349872349872 6y ago
    To be fair nerdcore doesn't attract chorus lines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fow7iUaKrq4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fow7iUaKrq4 Closest I can get to HN ⋂ dancing is 1:34-1:48 in Virus' "You should ask" (where the video is about the difficulty of source attribution on a LAN, let alone an entire internet) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVdoQ2fmIYs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVdoQ2fmIYs
- SpicyLemonZest 6y ago
  I think you're underestimating how user-specific the feed is. I recently uninstalled it, but I was getting 5% dancing videos at best (worst?). The vast majority of my feed was animal videos, comedy skits, video games, and anime clips.
StevePerkins 6y ago
I don't agree with the parent comment's characterization, but I see sites like HN and Reddit described as "social media" all the time. For those us whose Internet citizenship pre-dates Friendster and MySpace, the term "social media" has a particular meaning. But for many younger "social media natives", the term basically just means "any website or app where you can make posts or comments".
- mercer 6y ago
  Interesting observation. I grew up with shitty (but fun!) phpBB forums and the fancier vBulletin, but wouldn't categorize them as 'social media'. The first of those were probably cu2, MySpace, and eventually Facebook/Twitter/etc. When I think about it, it seems like a somewhat arbitrary distinction to make. I suppose the main difference is that the forums were self-hosted and I could have different identities for each one. And while I generally reused the same username, the fact that it wasn't just a matter of 'clicking on my profile' to see all my activity was something I really liked. Maybe to me the term "social media" has come to mean "social media /companies/"? That doesn't quite satisfy, but it really does feel like the primary difference is that on these forums I knew that they were generally not run for profit, and the 'gods' were just individuals who volunteered their time to host or moderate. It felt safer, and more personal.

nix23 6y ago

>Hacker News all look seriously dated in comparison Yes please make a movie about your next it projekt ;) I even hate repair-videos on youtube, it's slow and lame, the fix-it manuals are 1000s times better (since i know what a torx is and that most screws open counter-clock-wise)

chvid 6y ago
I just might. Seriously. Social media for techies - what will that look like in ten years? Like HN? Or more like TikTok ...
- pjc50 6y ago
  Not having images on HN is occasionally annoying, but mostly it's a feature not a bug. I have a suspicion that HN will outlast TikTok, but it'll take a decade to find out.
- nix23 6y ago
  VR headset and enriched reality....with a sexy manga girl in the right upper corner.
  - chvid 6y ago
    To give you guys a glimpse of the future - here is #coding and #startup on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/tag/coding https://www.tiktok.com/tag/coding https://www.tiktok.com/tag/startup https://www.tiktok.com/tag/startup
    - nix23 6y ago
      To give you a glimpse of reality: https://ayende.com/blog/Images/Windows-Live-Writer/Pair-Programming-at-Hibernating-Rhinos_BBD1/IMG_1809.jpg https://ayende.com/blog/Images/Windows-Live-Writer/Pair-Prog... EDIT: Wow i clicked on #Coding and it is like i taught about it...pure waste of time with Rainbowhairs and talking needle slim guy's with more grease on top than the hole movie 'Grease'