News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Reasons to Quit Social Media. Parent comment

Re:Reasons to Quit Social Media by cblconfederate on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @02:16PM (#28619760)
> Is it the like/upvote mechanism?

Yes it is, HN pays people to keep things at bay. But that doesn't scale

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Reasons to Quit Social Media by TeMPOraL on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @04:19PM (#28621221)
It scales, just not at the price companies are willing to pay. Or, put another way, the main social media platforms aren't spending enough to ensure their service works well.
[ Parent | on HN ]