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This kind of pedantry is exactly what keeps me coming back for more!

You better write longer, more informative paragraphs LOL

I've also quit all social media besides HN. At least I can try and tell myself that HN is more stimulating intellectually, it's my one dirty little digital habit I have left

HN is just a last crutch for me after leaving reddit at this point. I prefer it because upvotes and downvotes are anonymous except for your own when it comes to comments, so there isn’t as much of a dopamine hit after posting when you really think about it.

Do you consider forums "social media"?

I don't consider forums social media. To me, HN is more of a forum.

A social media's primary goal is engagement - to keep you coming back for more, to keep you scrolling. And the content reflects that.

A forum's primary goal is discourse.

Reddit straddles that weird space in between.