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Ask HN: What’s your favorite social network (and why)?

by mwinatschek on 8/30/23, 1:15 PM with 10 comments

I'd like to concentrate on one social network where I can share my thoughts and blog posts. But I can't really decide which one to choose. There are obvious ones like Xwitter, Instagram, and Mastodon, special ones like Pinterest, Substack, and LinkedIn, but I even consider sites like Reddit, Tumblr, and HN as social media... So my question would be: What’s your favorite social network (and why)? And if you had to choose one: Which would you choose?

  • by dusted on 8/30/23, 1:25 PM

    It died a long time ago, it was called lunarstorm, it was during the golden age of these sites, people had "profiles" and "pages" and wrote html on them. There was some structure to the quirkyness.

    These days, I don't know.. I guess I use facebook the most, but it's not that I enjoy it in particular.

    Is HN a social network? I guess it lacks the networking part.. Otherwise, for interactions with strangers online, I think HN and random IRC channels are my favorites.

  • by mikequinlan on 8/30/23, 2:16 PM

    There's a local group that meets weekly for lunch and sometimes Sunday brunch.

    So of the ones you list, "none of the above".

  • by ulrischa on 8/30/23, 1:49 PM

    None. They are all bad.

  • by damnesian on 8/30/23, 2:35 PM

    I hate HN the least, is that a helpful answer?

  • by sacrosanct on 8/30/23, 2:49 PM