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Apologies for asking the obvious, but then why are you here? :-P

collinvandyck76 5y ago
Haha good question. I wouldn't consider HN social media, as it's more nuanced discussion around topics, although the lines are somewhat blurry. I think of social media more like Twitter and Facebook.
- qwertox 5y ago
  Do you visit Reddit?
  - anthk 5y ago
    I switched from visiting Reddit from the web/phone client to a Gopher proxy with Lynx (in order to view the submitted sites in the posts): gopher://gopherddit.com Also, my NNTP list: alt.ascii-art alt.folklore.computers alt.os.linux.slackware alt.sys.pdp10 comp.infosystems.gopher comp.lang.forth comp.lang.perl comp.lang.perl.announce comp.lang.perl.faq comp.lang.perl.misc comp.lang.perl.moderated comp.lang.perl.modules comp.lang.perl.tk comp.lang.postscript comp.misc comp.unix.programmer comp.unix.shell fj.life.in-japan rec.arts.int-fiction rec.radio.amateur.dx rec.radio.amateur.moderated rec.radio.amateur.space rec.radio.shortwave Sometimes I interact over NNTP on https://synchro.net https://synchro.net (they have a web/BBS interface too). As the pace is much slower, I can comment once or twice a week and everything is still good. Finally, Gopher and Gemini sites. A really slow pace, no ads, no likes, no bullshit.
    - Celebros 5y ago
      Wow haven’t thought about Gopher in forever. I still prefer to interact with the command line instead of the GUI for most things. I’ll have to give that a try.
    - q-base 5y ago
      Haha you have to help me here. Could you please help me understand what gopher is and NNTP? I do not know whether I should feel dumb, too young or too old for not knowing :)
      - SSLy 5y ago
        Too young, those are pre-WWW things. NNTP are public mailing lists (proto discussion forums, though right now the proto is mostly used for fully automated luxury piracy) Gopher was supposed to be alternative to HTTP/HTML.
  - collinvandyck76 5y ago
    Sometimes, but it is intentional, and not reflexive.
- collaborative 5y ago
  I know, I was half kidding

Haha good question. I wouldn't consider HN social media, as it's more nuanced discussion around topics, although the lines are somewhat blurry. I think of social media more like Twitter and Facebook.

qwertox 5y ago
Do you visit Reddit?
- anthk 5y ago
  I switched from visiting Reddit from the web/phone client to a Gopher proxy with Lynx (in order to view the submitted sites in the posts): gopher://gopherddit.com Also, my NNTP list: alt.ascii-art alt.folklore.computers alt.os.linux.slackware alt.sys.pdp10 comp.infosystems.gopher comp.lang.forth comp.lang.perl comp.lang.perl.announce comp.lang.perl.faq comp.lang.perl.misc comp.lang.perl.moderated comp.lang.perl.modules comp.lang.perl.tk comp.lang.postscript comp.misc comp.unix.programmer comp.unix.shell fj.life.in-japan rec.arts.int-fiction rec.radio.amateur.dx rec.radio.amateur.moderated rec.radio.amateur.space rec.radio.shortwave Sometimes I interact over NNTP on https://synchro.net https://synchro.net (they have a web/BBS interface too). As the pace is much slower, I can comment once or twice a week and everything is still good. Finally, Gopher and Gemini sites. A really slow pace, no ads, no likes, no bullshit.
  - Celebros 5y ago
    Wow haven’t thought about Gopher in forever. I still prefer to interact with the command line instead of the GUI for most things. I’ll have to give that a try.
  - q-base 5y ago
    Haha you have to help me here. Could you please help me understand what gopher is and NNTP? I do not know whether I should feel dumb, too young or too old for not knowing :)
    - SSLy 5y ago
      Too young, those are pre-WWW things. NNTP are public mailing lists (proto discussion forums, though right now the proto is mostly used for fully automated luxury piracy) Gopher was supposed to be alternative to HTTP/HTML.
- collinvandyck76 5y ago
  Sometimes, but it is intentional, and not reflexive.
collaborative 5y ago
I know, I was half kidding