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Is hacker news not social media? Serious question. I always thought it was. Not that Wikipedia is authoritative or anything but it seems to meet their defini
by sdvnwsdf 3y ago
Is hacker news not social media? Serious question. I always thought it was.
Not that Wikipedia is authoritative or anything but it seems to meet their definition.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media
- Freedom2 3y agoHackerNews is elevated above regular social media, in no small part thanks to dang's excellent moderation. I wouldn't be surprised if it loses its 'classification' due to this.
- Izkata 3y agoThe term "social media" became popular with profile-oriented sites like MySpace and Facebook, and for a lot of people like myself, refer to that type of site. They're about being social, not about topics, like forums are (which predate profile-oriented sites). By that standard, HN isn't social media.