[voltooid]

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]

It is also usable as an endless stream of infotainment if your concern is plummeting productivity

[rland]

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.

[barrow-rider]

That hit close to home. Gonna go shell into a server and start fixing stuff now...

[brootstrap]

agreed, if forums are social media then i've been a fucking social media junky since the 90s.