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There's that word again. What on earth is a "social hack"?
by peterhajas 14y ago
There's that word again. What on earth is a "social hack"?
- loup-vaillant 14y agohttp://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTHeTin http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ExactlyWhatItSays... It's a hack because it's clever, unexpected, and small. It's social because it happens to be about a type of social interaction.
- ksmiley 14y agoSocial - adj. 1. Of or relating to society. 2. (internet) Relating to social media or social networks. Hack - noun. 1. Use of a resource for something other than its intended purpose. 2. An appropriate application of ingenuity. Social hack - noun. 1. A hack whose underlying resource or intended purpose is social in nature. The parent poster's hack is doubly social. First, the underlying medium is a social network. Second, the purpose is to reveal hidden information during socializing.