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Re:Boys and Men in the United States Are Struggling. The Lef... by sdvnwsdf on Wednesday September 20, 2023 @02:37PM (#37588097)
Is hacker news not social media? Serious question. I always thought it was.

Not that Wikipedia is authoritative or anything but it seems to meet their definition. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media

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Re:Boys and Men in the United States Are Struggling. The Lef... by Freedom2 on Wednesday September 20, 2023 @03:00PM (#37588488)
HackerNews is elevated above regular social media, in no small part thanks to dang's excellent moderation. I wouldn't be surprised if it loses its 'classification' due to this.
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Re:Boys and Men in the United States Are Struggling. The Lef... by Izkata on Thursday September 21, 2023 @09:34AM (#37597401)
The term "social media" became popular with profile-oriented sites like MySpace and Facebook, and for a lot of people like myself, refer to that type of site. They're about being social, not about topics, like forums are (which predate profile-oriented sites). By that standard, HN isn't social media.
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