[2024user]

No imo. no real names, no real profiles, no following or friending people aka no connections, no chat/DMs, no personal updates, no tagging, no pictures/videos/stories

[heresie-dabord]

No opaque ranking system, no advertising, no opaque ranking system to favour content that induces negative engagement...

And now more than before, HN is not social media because it actually has useful content and quality moderation.

[arccy]

> opaque ranking system

people confused by the first page

> no advertising

all the hiring ads, and thinly veiled corp marketing blogs