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Re:The Social Recession: By the Numbers by Viliam1234 on Sunday October 23, 2022 @06:54PM (#33311099)
For me, a friend is a person I can discuss personal topics with.

On HN, the topic is given (the article we comment on), and it is usually not personal. If it happens to be personal, it is most likely not the personal topic I would like to discuss now.

Also, if any of us died today, most likely no one else on HN would ever notice. That too is not exactly what I imagine as "friendship".

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Re:The Social Recession: By the Numbers by nobody9999 on Monday October 24, 2022 @11:59PM (#33326041)
>For me, a friend is a person I can discuss personal topics with.

And for me, a friend is family I get to choose for myself. Anyone else is, at best, a friendly acquaintance.

I expect there are many other definitions out there as well.

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