Are we? In a sense yes that the content is usee-generated and stranger are discussing the content, but is any newsfeed with a comment-section or a hobbyist forum social media? Can I monetise my contributions here, advertise products, sell my karma-points or create networks of like-minded individuals here? Is there any point for me to try to turn my personality into a brand or try to ragebait you to interact with me by saying that your aunt Mary likes Duran Duran, or that your goldfish looks silly, in order to trick the algorithm to show more of my content? Can I channel people from here to a website showing lewd pictures of my parrot in order to get them pay me?
If all social media was like HN, I think we would be fine y’know.
Asbestos was used in cigarette filters, notably in Kent Micronite cigarettes from 1952 to 1956.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_(cigarette)
Agreed, and I feel like the right answer might be to treat it exactly like cigarettes. For example:
1. Ban in most places except very specific ones. E.g., "would you like to sit in the social media use section today?"
2. Make it extremely expensive to access and use. This would likely do wonders to cut down on use, just as it did for cigarettes.
You're on social media right now. Probably you could better qualify what it is you think is a problem.
Are we? In a sense yes that the content is usee-generated and stranger are discussing the content, but is any newsfeed with a comment-section or a hobbyist forum social media? Can I monetise my contributions here, advertise products, sell my karma-points or create networks of like-minded individuals here? Is there any point for me to try to turn my personality into a brand or try to ragebait you to interact with me by saying that your aunt Mary likes Duran Duran, or that your goldfish looks silly, in order to trick the algorithm to show more of my content? Can I channel people from here to a website showing lewd pictures of my parrot in order to get them pay me?
If all social media was like HN, I think we would be fine y’know.
> In a sense yes
By definition, yes.
> is any newsfeed with a comment-section or a hobbyist forum social media?
Some are just larger and more centralized than others.
> Can I monetise my contributions here, advertise products, sell my karma-points or create networks of like-minded individuals here?
"Show HN" basically is that. And yes you can create connections here. I don't think I need to go on.