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> I don't use social media for a reason. Do you not consider HN social media?
by jmb99 2y ago
> I don't use social media for a reason.
Do you not consider HN social media?
- kristiandupont 2y agoI don't.
- gorjusborg 2y agoI don't. Not funded by ads, not about building a network of 'friends'. I consider HN more of a link sharing site.
- signatoremo 2y agoHN is an ad for YC. The Y logo featured on every page. HN is as much social media as any other platforms: traffic driven by popularity, echo chamber, bias, or algorithm. HN is not a link sharing site. The links aren’t organized by natural order such as the alphabet. You aren’t here for the links, but for the comments.
- kristiandupont 2y agoSure, but you can't "befriend" or "follow" anyone. To me, at least, that is the first thing that makes me think of a site as SoMe.
- stevage 2y agoThat was the original definition of social media. Sharing media to consume. Sites like FB were referred to as social networking. But then the terms got conflated.
- throwaway314155 2y agoOh come on.