Touché! But, I'm pretty sure the Surgeon General did not have HN in mind while making that comment. :) HN is a social media, but it lacks certain capabilities

Touché! But, I'm pretty sure the Surgeon General did not have HN in mind while making that comment. :) HN is a social media, but it lacks certain capabilities that make it OK. First and foremost, there is no DM, then it's heavily moderated both by users as well as by DanG, and then it is text based. Also, based on my observation, the karma/like acquisition is not what drives people's comments here. So, while you're correct that it's a social media, it's not the cesspool of poison that the usual ones, that come to mind when we use the term social media, are.