Why “social” is being discussed
The most recent Hacker News stories and comments contributing to this topic's mentions.
Did you even read what he said he liked about it? > My primary goal in doing this was to support decentralized social media, and to continue to engage with X but in a way that d…
by eightysixfour · Oct 31, 2026
Think about when the term was invented. It wasn't in the days of IRC, ICQ and forums. It wasn't even the launch of facebook (2004). It only came up after people used their real…
by OroPla · Oct 31, 2026
I was a heavy Twitter user since its early years. 6-7 years ago I started trying to cut back on it because it was just consuming too much of my time, which was impacting me nega…
by insane_dreamer · Oct 31, 2026
Thank you for the nod to Metamorphosis of the Prime Intellect! I’ve been meaning to revisit it for dog’s years and now I have the impetus :) Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom co…
by alwa · Oct 31, 2026
I really believe that all new social apps like these should be built on AT Proto so that users have one account across apps, control over their data, and in this case, be able t…
by spankalee · Oct 31, 2026
Is this the open source whisperflow clone? I think I saw a positive review about it yesterday on social media
by nico · Oct 31, 2026
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A society is a large social group sharing the same spatial or social territory, typically subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations. Societies are characterized by patterns of relationships between individuals who share a distinctive culture and institutions; a given society may be described as the sum total of such relationships among its constituent members. Read more on Wikipedia