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Re:xz: A Microcosm of the interactions in Open Source projects by rrr_oh_man on Sunday March 31, 2024 @09:58AM (#39884314)
> I think this is why I don't do social media any more

Guess what you’re doing here, buddy.

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Re:xz: A Microcosm of the interactions in Open Source projects by mrob on Sunday March 31, 2024 @10:21AM (#39884529)
IMO, it's not social media unless there's a social graph. HN has no way to follow or otherwise establish some relationship with specific users, so it's just a forum, not social media.
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Re:xz: A Microcosm of the interactions in Open Source projects by bee_rider on Sunday March 31, 2024 @01:04PM (#39885926)
Classic phpBB style forums had smaller populations, there might not have been a follow feature, but the relationships formed naturally. HN doesn’t really feel like one.

I don’t really know how I’d classify the differences specifically…

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Re:xz: A Microcosm of the interactions in Open Source projects by rrr_oh_man on Monday April 01, 2024 @08:51AM (#39893612)
Old school Twitter?
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Re:xz: A Microcosm of the interactions in Open Source projects by mrob on Monday April 01, 2024 @01:11PM (#39896425)
Was there ever a public release of Twitter with no support for following specific users?
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