My take from just the comments in the thread, not the article, is that most people like social media or think there is some benefit in it for them. I, like som

My take from just the comments in the thread, not the article, is that most people like social media or think there is some benefit in it for them. I, like some others here, am in the minority. HN is my only social network and I consider this more a forum. I am not on any social network as my opinion about them is they are tools to spy on you and waste your time. I am not disputing that there isn't some good stuff on these networks just that I'm not interested in being a product or wasting my time looking at trivial pish; I would also include training a social media AI system in this too. All power to you if you find benefit in these networks but I'm yet to come across anything worth the effort on them.