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A crowded network of a mix of educated, spammy keyboard warriors is different.

On HN, we mostly have educated people, so with good conduct rules, they all behave well.

On social networks, you see many keyboard warriors and spammy people, where educated people get overshadowed.

/future - says hi.

- _ addictive_media: maybe some option you can turn on and off when it is addictive and when it is not, something like that?

- Acquiring users for the hefty discount has led the platform to think they can recover from future sales.

- Assuming their buyers will consider them their long-term household shop.

- While new business with a new discount bumps in and the fight begins. We all know fights are ugly.

The feed was added in the second half, and that's what took off.

- Tons of forums coming from PHPBB, vBulletin, mybb etc.,

- But I think a platform like Twitter is already taking great initiative in that under Elon Musk.

- Mastodon is cool, but I'm not sure what its future is.

You've probably already heard someone complaining about talking about shoes on WhatsApp and then seeing those ads on Facebook and Instagram.

Your eyes don't unlock your phone; they also unlock what you are seeing on your phone.

Your speech doesn't just enable verbal communication; it also sends a message to your phone about what you are discussing.

Many of these can only be avoided by avoiding social networks where such tech is used.

- No social engineering; curious what this means here - you mean no social influencing on any topic?

- For freedom, the world always comes down to the jurisdiction and law of your country. If you violate the law, the platform needs to cut .

- a closed social network, where you see what you follow.

- posts are usually chronological unless some posts are muted/promoted.

That's a very common thing; many social networks already have:

On Facebook/Twitter, you see what you add/follow.