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Quit Social Media (2016)

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Re: Quit Social Media (2016)

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Post by alt227 »

rootusrootus wrote: post #193

Quit social media if you cannot maintain a healthy relationship with it. But please do not just pull the plug because someone on the Internet told you it would improve your life. This is far from a guarantee. I quit Facebook a few years back because of enough conversations on HN convincing me it would be a positive choice. It was not, and I regret it. I've since rejoined FB but my network of friends did not completel…

Can you please tell us why leaving Facebook was not a positive choice for you?

Also why it is important that 'your network of friends recovers'?

Re: Quit Social Media (2016)

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Post by causal »

rootusrootus wrote: post #193

Quit social media if you cannot maintain a healthy relationship with it. But please do not just pull the plug because someone on the Internet told you it would improve your life. This is far from a guarantee. I quit Facebook a few years back because of enough conversations on HN convincing me it would be a positive choice. It was not, and I regret it. I've since rejoined FB but my network of friends did not completel…

I think you're hinting at a hidden problem: our vocabulary has not caught up with the way social media has evolved, and we need new terms.

People actually LIKE, perhaps even need, the social aspects of social media. But that's become such a small part of the experience for many people- the ads and attention-hacking with cheap stimuli burying the positive interactions.

I don't want to quit my connections, as you say. But I do want to quit this daily hypnosis that reels is trying to subject me to.

I would call that latter something more like "possessive media" - it needs to have your attention at all times and needs every scrap of data it can gather about you. I want less possessive media and more social media.

Re: Quit Social Media (2016)

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Post by alt227 »

TSUTiger wrote: post #72

Several of the comments here certainly have some superiority complex issues as well as what would appear isolation issues. You seem cynical towards a large majority of modern society. If you need a hug, I’m here.

Can you explain what you mean by that?

Re: Quit Social Media (2016)

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Post by alt227 »

purple-leafy wrote: post #57

I did this without having to get inspiration from others. And I did it at a young age (under 18), when all my friends and the world were flocking to social media and spilling their thoughts and PII everywhere. I have nothing, and have had nothing ever since (discounting HN). People are sheep, and people are stupid. Most people waste their lives looking at a mass fake digital mask of their peers, and people they don’t…

Do you happen to have purple hair and wear all black clothes with as many piercings in your face as you can get? /s

Re: Quit Social Media (2016)

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Post by Minor49er »

interludead wrote: post #205
Minor49er wrote: post #162

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What makes Hacker News a social media website?

HN might seem more focused and professional than typical social media, but it fosters a community and interactions

How does it foster a community? I don't think I've connected with anyone on here beyond a single thread in the few years I've been around, and I consider myself a typical user

Not looking for a fight or anything. I'm just curious about different perspectives and definitions of social media. The responses so far have been interesting

Re: Quit Social Media (2016)

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Post by alt227 »

poppycock wrote: post #13

Programmers (cs students, "engineers") are one of the most pompous group of people who think their ability to #include gives them some special ability to speak about efficiency, physics, math (other than your run of the mill discrete or remedial linear algebra) or pretty much any other topic on the face of the Earth. Don't worry about your active Facebook account. People who make it a point to signal otherwise are ju…

> just people who have no one in their personal lives to connect with (e.g. nieces, nephews, family, friends)

I have no facebook account. I choose to have relationships with my family members and distant friends through physical contact by meeting up and talking regularly on the phone. IMO typing short text messages to people and 'reacting' to theirs with emojis and thumbs up is not a real relationship.

Re: Quit Social Media (2016)

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Post by SirMaster »

I'm 36 and somehow I simply avoided social media for the most part. At least never used platforms like facebook, instagram, tiktok, etc.

It all just seemed like a time waster and not really anything interesting.

I use sites like this of course, and I suppose that is some form of social media though.

Re: Quit Social Media (2016)

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Post by jay_kyburz »

nickburns wrote: post #200
oohlolly wrote: post #192

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Only long enough to disperse a particular mind virus. STEM degrees and 20+ years in Eng; hardware then software This community isn’t really peddling anything that hasn’t been done before; just like the story mode politics and economics often complained about What’s that? You have a new state manager or a machine and some math euphemisms that translate cleanly to other math objects known for a century? WOW! …There’s n…

Bruh... it's Friday. And this is a post about social media participation. Not your existential waxing. You don't see any irony whatsoever in what you're spouting?

Urg, so American. It's Saturday.

Re: Quit Social Media (2016)

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Post by croes »

dnissley wrote: post #174
Minor49er wrote: post #162

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What makes Hacker News a social media website?

It's an infinite feed of content with comments and ranking based on upvotes (aka likes)

The ranking doesn’t seem to be based on likes alone.

For a real social media the content should be ranked by the likes of my peers, a feature non existent on HN

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