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HN is not "social media," in a conventional sense, far from it. For one, it is completely anonymous, at least if you want it to be.
by drnick1 4mo ago
HN is not "social media," in a conventional sense, far from it. For one, it is completely anonymous, at least if you want it to be.
- davb 4mo agoBut under Ofcom rules, it is social media if we are to assume that they’ll apply the same scoping as the Online Safety Act does for user-to-user services. I think a lot of comments here assume that only sites like Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Twitter/X would be in scope, but I see no reason why they wouldn’t use the same definitions from the OSA (essentially any site where user-to-user communication and content posting takes place, including forums and aggregators).
- Natfan 4mo agohn is a user-to-user service
- pyb 4mo agoIf Reddit is "social media", so is HN.