HN isn't social media, it's a social news network[1] and maybe a forum, which is very different from social media. Regarding your second argument, while formin

HN isn't social media, it's a social news network[1] and maybe a forum, which is very different from social media. Regarding your second argument, while forming connections is good, cancer isn't. I don't know if it's worth getting cancer to make connections. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_News https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_News