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I want all social media to be banned. Until that happens - nothing else matters... What I am doing about it - I do not use social media apps of any kind (since

I want all social media to be banned. Until that happens - nothing else matters... What I am doing about it - I do not use social media apps of any kind (since 2017), do not allow my offspring to be on social media, trying to convince my wife she should do the same (she is on facebook still because of marketplace), and absolutely ridicule anyone that uses social media (in a fun way)...

bryanlarsen 6mo ago
Is Hacker News not social media?
- bdangubic 6mo ago
  it is a forum perhaps, I don’t consider it social media although would not argue too hard with someone who does
- tekla 6mo ago
  It totally is.
  - bdangubic 6mo ago
    What is lacking for it to be social media (IMO). - no direct messaging (lacking social aspect) - no media (text only) - no phone app - no ads - no influencers - no company feeding you algorithmic shit to make you buy shit - not evil :)
- hunterpayne 6mo ago
  Its not, its a forum. The distinction is if there is an algorithm picking what you see (social media) verses everyone seeing the same thing (a forum).
  - bryanlarsen 6mo ago
    The term "social media" predates the use of algorithms picking what you see, so that cannot be the definition.
    - hunterpayne 6mo ago
      Um, no...there was always an algorithm. It just used to use your "friend list" and used to have a lot less to pick from. But it was always there. I get the feeling you were 5 when this was happening.
      - bryanlarsen 6mo ago
        If you're going to call that an algorithm, then the posts that HN displays is an algorithm too.
mannanj 6mo ago
Love that. Lol the losers on social media need to do something more productive (and I guess I count, since hacker news is like sometimes social media, look at some of the posts out here! haha). In all seriousness though, I have gone through similar and eventually got back on social media more intentionally as the benefits of it are nice to have (if the cons can be overcome). wish we had a better system to just use social media for us to get what we want though and I wish some agents like open claw could just get us the positives, only.

bryanlarsen 6mo ago

Is Hacker News not social media?

bdangubic 6mo ago
it is a forum perhaps, I don’t consider it social media although would not argue too hard with someone who does
tekla 6mo ago
It totally is.
- bdangubic 6mo ago
  What is lacking for it to be social media (IMO). - no direct messaging (lacking social aspect) - no media (text only) - no phone app - no ads - no influencers - no company feeding you algorithmic shit to make you buy shit - not evil :)
hunterpayne 6mo ago
Its not, its a forum. The distinction is if there is an algorithm picking what you see (social media) verses everyone seeing the same thing (a forum).
- bryanlarsen 6mo ago
  The term "social media" predates the use of algorithms picking what you see, so that cannot be the definition.
  - hunterpayne 6mo ago
    Um, no...there was always an algorithm. It just used to use your "friend list" and used to have a lot less to pick from. But it was always there. I get the feeling you were 5 when this was happening.
    - bryanlarsen 6mo ago
      If you're going to call that an algorithm, then the posts that HN displays is an algorithm too.

mannanj 6mo ago

Love that. Lol the losers on social media need to do something more productive (and I guess I count, since hacker news is like sometimes social media, look at some of the posts out here! haha). In all seriousness though, I have gone through similar and eventually got back on social media more intentionally as the benefits of it are nice to have (if the cons can be overcome). wish we had a better system to just use social media for us to get what we want though and I wish some agents like open claw could just get us the positives, only.