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Hacker news is definitely more a forum than social media platform. But the temptation to collect "likes" and the resulting dopamine high is a thing on HN too.

• blackbrokkoli 8y ago
  It is also usable as an endless stream of infotainment if your concern is plummeting productivity
  • barrow-rider 8y ago
    That hit close to home. Gonna go shell into a server and start fixing stuff now...
  • rland 8y ago
    And it has the convenient sleight of being somewhat related to work, so it can ocassionally bypass the “this is unproductive B.S.” procrastination filter.
• brootstrap 8y ago
  agreed, if forums are social media then i've been a fucking social media junky since the 90s.