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Most people I know who tout the fact that they "don't have a TV" nevertheless watch Netflix, YouTube, Amazon Prime, etc.

I think it's a valid point to question what people mean when they say they're not on social media, yet are posting on HN.

I think there are features that most people consider defining of social media, such as personalized feeds, following other people, etc.

HN has none of those. As a result, I don't consider it "social media", I consider it a specialty news aggregator that has a robust comment section.

Back when FB and the like were new, calling them "social media" was done to differentiate them from sites like HN.