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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.