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Could you share the definition of social media the excludes HN ?
by sorokod 1y ago
Could you share the definition of social media the excludes HN ?
- msgodel 1y agoProbably artificial cybernetics (other than voting) + insists on using real name.
- giacomoforte 1y agoIf HN counts the so does the comment section of every website that a person might ever use.
- Daneel_ 1y agoTo me social media platforms are primarily for sharing updates about the lives of people and remaining connected to either friends or followers. HN is primarily a news site that allows discussions - I wouldn't classify it as social media. Heck, Reddit barely qualifies as social media for me. My internal definition is probably two decades out of date, however.
- Gigachad 1y agoReddit absolutely counts as social media they want, it's likely much more useful to them than your facebook account since people post a lot more interesting stuff on reddit vs a facebook account. Your comments on this thread are more interesting to dictators than your dog photos on facebook.
- codingdave 1y agoThere are no features on HN to "connect" to others. The discussions and content of HN could be 100% the same even if all usernames and profiles were hidden. So I'm not sure a definition of social media could possibly include a site where the people are disconnected from the content.