New US visa rules will force foreign students to unlock social media profiles

I don’t use social media. Is the assumption that everyone does use social media?

You’ve been posting here for nearly 10 years.

But HN is not a social media, you don’t publish and are not linked to anyone (I cannot subscribe to your comment) on this site. Your definition of social media is almost equivalent of the internet.

I know I’m being pedantic here but take a look at Wikipedia:

> Social media are interactive technologies that facilitate the creation, sharing and aggregation of content (such as ideas, interests, and other forms of expression) amongst virtual communities and networks.

Forums satisfy all of these requirements. The key factor is not what kind of content users can post but that users can post, and more importantly that they post with the primary intention of interacting with other users. This covers Hacker News and other forums but excludes guest books and contact forms.