I have nothing against networks that are actually social. I hate the ones that are only social in name, but are actually just a way to serve ads to people, and are filled with low quality (often AI generated) content. That's why I put quotation marks around social. Maybe I should have said "so-called-social-networks", but I thought it was commonly understood.
I want to disagree: HN is social media, but it is not a social network.
For it to be a social network there should be a way for me to indicate that I want to hear either more or less of you specifically, and yet HN is specifically designed to be more about ideas than about people.
I have nothing against networks that are actually social. I hate the ones that are only social in name, but are actually just a way to serve ads to people, and are filled with low quality (often AI generated) content. That's why I put quotation marks around social. Maybe I should have said "so-called-social-networks", but I thought it was commonly understood.
I want to disagree: HN is social media, but it is not a social network.
For it to be a social network there should be a way for me to indicate that I want to hear either more or less of you specifically, and yet HN is specifically designed to be more about ideas than about people.
Excellent point. I've never made the distinction really, but you're right. There's no relationship building here, just sharing and commenting.
Playboy circa 1980 is pornography, and yet it's not the same pornography as pornhub circa 2020
Fair point, although "pre-social-media" would also be pre-HN. But I get what you mean
I think pre-HN would be like newsgroups... or, gasp, even dial-up bulliten boards.