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Trump threatens to 'close' down social media platforms

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707 points patd | 3 comments | 27 May 20 12:21 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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jdhn ◴[27 May 20 13:37 UTC] No.23322964[source]▶
Putting aside concerns about overreach government powers, would ending social media as we know it really be a bad thing?
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neuland ◴[27 May 20 13:53 UTC] No.23323230[source]▶
Although it's impossible to put the genie back in the bottle, social media has had a net negative effect on a LOT of people. There's people that have had a big positive effect to. So, it's not obvious where it ends up on net if that even matters.

But, yeah. There's a lot of people that would be better off not on social media. But it's so addictive that they can't help themselves.

I, for one, have stopped using social media (unless you consider HN social). And I've had a lot less friends because of it. But it's been a huge improvement in my mood and outlook on life.

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1. Loughla ◴[27 May 20 14:06 UTC] No.23323459[source]▶
>(unless you consider HN social)

Yes, yes it is. What else would it be? What's the difference between sites like HN and reddit, and facebook?

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2. neuland ◴[27 May 20 14:14 UTC] No.23323579[source]▶
Yes, so that's why I somewhat included it. But, it's definitely on the lighter side of social I think.

On HN, it's a lot tougher to follow specific people, though it's cool to see posts and then follow up with what they've recently posted or commented.

3. rtkwe ◴[27 May 20 18:51 UTC] No.23328011[source]▶
I think one place HN falls short of what I think of as social media is that there's no following of individual accounts, that creation of networks and personalized feeds feels like part of the core of what separates social media from simpler forums. Reddit was closer to just forums as well but subreddits allowed you to more directly curate and associate between groups, now every user basically has their own little subreddit they can post on and people can follow and join.