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Does hacker news count as social media?

>>qwerty+(OP)
No imo. no real names, no real profiles, no following or friending people aka no connections, no chat/DMs, no personal updates, no tagging, no pictures/videos/stories

>>2024us+53
No opaque ranking system, no advertising, no opaque ranking system to favour content that induces negative engagement...

And now more than before, HN is not social media because it actually has useful content and quality moderation.

>>qwerty+(OP)
Yes.

>>heresi+y5
> opaque ranking system

people confused by the first page

> no advertising

all the hiring ads, and thinly veiled corp marketing blogs

>>qwerty+(OP)
By the dictionary definition, yes. However, there are three key differences. (1) People rank the HN feed instead of an algorithm; (2) the incentives of YC, companies, and the HN community seem better aligned; (3) the user experience degrades significantly when posts get too many comments.

>>qwerty+(OP)
absolutely hacker news is social media..

>>qwerty+(OP)
No, it’s a forum. Everyone sees the exact same website (except for user-setting tweaks). There is no concept of “friends” or “followers”. The wensite intentionally looks boring so that the design doesn’t lure you too stick around too long.

>>qwerty+(OP)
'n' -> [chrome or firefox autocomplete] -> news.ycombinator.com I have often been thinking about what this reflex does to my mind.