[reorder9695]

I would worry about them not liking the (true in my case at least) answer of "I don't have social media".

[RobT7k]

Isn't your Hackernews account a "Social Media" account? Maybe it is, maybe it's not. We have no idea what the Governments definition of a Social Media Account is.

[reorder9695]

Interesting point, they'd have to either give a strict definition or a list otherwise I actually have no idea what to put. What about my ancient XDA Developers account that I don't even remember the username of? Would anyone with a Google account need to give that as YouTube exists?

[barbazoo]

I would say this is a forum. Is a forum social media?

[Cornbilly]

I always assumed "social media" is something tied to your real-life identity. For me, HN would not be social media.

But there are people here that give their entire life story in their profile, I would say that, for those people, HN is social media.

Though, the Trump regime may see things differently.

[mghackerlady]

I'd be even more worried about their reaction to me only using tumblr and mastodon, I'm sure I'd be placed on a list for being a "political extremist" solely because of the general vibes there

Now that I think about it, not having mainstream social media or a smart phone would also put you on that list

[aorth]

American citizen living abroad for almost 20 years here. This happens to me ever so often when entering the US. Last under Biden, when I had been living in Jordan for a few years. I got pulled aside for a secondary inspection and the guy asked for all my phone numbers and social media accounts, and was surprised I didn't have Facebook—I just said I was a computer scientist and didn't like Zuckerberg. I gotta give him credit for being patient as he asked for all my addresses abroad etc. But this has been happening before Trump.

[wasabi991011]

Yes, secondary inspection has a lot more checks, this has been true a long time and is true for many countries.

This is not what TFA is about though.

TFA is about collecting this information through the ESTA for all visitors of countries part of the visa-waiver program, before the visitor even arrives at the border.

[kylehotchkiss]

You can decline to answer these questions if you're re-entering as a USC correct?

[mywittyname]

Same.

Regular people give me weird looks when I claim not to use social media.

[direwolf20]

They wouldn't allow you in, then they'd deport you to Guantanamo Bay for being a terrorist. Probably. I assume.

[belter]

Easy. Create several accounts with the most unhinged, regular post of the most racist MAGA themes, praising of the great orange leader. Just follow Stephen Miller for inspiration...

They will wave you trough the fast trail...

[zug_zug]

Honestly this actually seems like a pretty smart hedge