I think the jury is out on YouTube being social media. Like yourself I'd agree it's not social media based on the way I use it. For people who just watch the v

I think the jury is out on YouTube being social media. Like yourself I'd agree it's not social media based on the way I use it. For people who just watch the videos it's purely a video streaming site. For other users it's social media because they use comments/messages (if it has this feature). It ponders the question that if a website can be used in 2 ways (as a social network, or as an information/entertainment source, like when lurking anonymously), whether you should really call it by it's full-feature name. For the most part, I rarely write on HN and I browse Reddit but don't have an account, so am I using them as social networks? And if on a site like HN I can't add somebody as a friend, and always reply once or twice to a fresh user I've never met before, does that still count? Is it socialising or just taking part in a one-off conversation?