Why “social” is being discussed
The most recent Hacker News stories and comments contributing to this topic's mentions.
True. But that’s better than social media, which substitutes human interaction with chronically online weirdos. At least AI is smart and respectful.
by armchairhacker · Oct 31, 2026
You need to spend a lot of time publishing, studying etc to become an academic it's not a highly social pursuit. In fact techies in order to achieve anything mostly have to oper…
by iorrus · Oct 31, 2026
But where’s the line? You could say the same about the Internet (or movies or books…) It can be used badly, but also to learn and reduce mundane tasks, unlike social media (thou…
by armchairhacker · Oct 31, 2026
It completely depends what you want from system and how efficient it will be. Want social protections dialed to 11 (like even small government bureaucrats getting golden parachu…
by kakacik · Oct 31, 2026
So two ways to look at tax: 1) How it changes behaviour (taxing something usually means less of that thing is produced, and sometimes you want less of something e.g. smoking as…
by a_humean · Oct 31, 2026
Voted with 11 MPs (députés) in favor and 10 MPs against. That's over a total of 577 MPs. This was clearly a garbage vote on a Friday morning just for kicks. Now there will be a…
by Malloffe · Oct 31, 2026
Interest
Proportion of Hacker News items mentioning "social" over time.
Mentions
Total number of Hacker News items mentioning "social" over time.