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IMO, it's not social media unless there's a social graph. HN has no way to follow or otherwise establish some relationship with specific users, so it's just a f
by mrob 3y ago
IMO, it's not social media unless there's a social graph. HN has no way to follow or otherwise establish some relationship with specific users, so it's just a forum, not social media.
- bee_rider 3y agoClassic phpBB style forums had smaller populations, there might not have been a follow feature, but the relationships formed naturally. HN doesn’t really feel like one. I don’t really know how I’d classify the differences specifically…
- rrr_oh_man 3y agoOld school Twitter?
- mrob 3y agoWas there ever a public release of Twitter with no support for following specific users?