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That’s the point. Advertise the hazards of smoking in the places where people smoke.
By smoking it.
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Kim Kardashian's business thrives on "media" and social media. Why would she be on it?
Not just her business, her identity. Their whole family is based on being a brand.
Is HN a form of social media?
On social media you follow people, while on forums you follow topics.
From that understanding, I think HN is more of a forum, which is an online media format that predates what we define today as social media. (but it certainly similar to varying degrees, as are online media venues like Reddit).
Is HN a form of social media?
Paul Graham has said, "he hopes to avoid the Eternal September that results in the general decline of intelligent discourse within a community" [1]. Hacker News launched 12 years ago in 2007, it's a testament to Graham, the moderators, the algorithms behind it, and the community members that HN has been able to keep its system for high quality intelligent discourse from devolving over time.
If HN doesn't resemble most other social media systems -- so much so that people have to ask -- this is why. Establishing such a system is hard to do, and even harder to maintain. So far HN has been an exception, not the rule.
Is HN a form of social media?
I would define online forums, newsgroups, and IRC/IM chat as predecessors to the current generation of social media, which are focused on the individual profile. On social media you follow people, while on forums you follow topics. From that understanding, I think HN is more of a forum, which is an online media format that predates what we define today as social media. (but it certainly similar to varying degrees, as…
This is a very good summary, thank you.
How about Reddit? It does have a few “celebrities” but in general it is about topics.
And as others have pointed out, what networks are eligible for this forced decentralization process? Should some networks be allowed to be centralized? Which ones, if so?
Let’s not be too hasty.
Therefore, this is about a minority trying to force the majority of people to adapt to their preferences.
I can not sympathize with such a cause, even though I personally would prefer decentralized solutions.
It reminds me of the town that voted to ban Amazon - when they could just have shopped locally to begin with. Weird, really.
I think most people who really care have already left the centralised social media or scaled it down to the point that a non-strike day is an exception.
I do not disagree with the message, but I seriously doubt that this will have any effect.