> "...both on my website and on my few social accounts. I do this largely to build my personal "brand" so that when I move jobs, I can point to my website and all that it aggregates as a supplement to my resume."

Ok. I mistook your criticism as a strong belief about how people should/will/must use the internet in the future.

OP is describing the history of the internet before social networks. They focus on the people who were online, who made simple websites using HTML, and the sites are still visible today. You suggest "older people or not tech-heavy people" would not do this. I think the OP would disagree or simply say those who want to be on the web can do it, It's relatively easy, your ambitions can be simple and that simplicity is more authentic than just sharing links from your profile on a Social Network.

I wanted to add it's not an either/or proposition. Social Networks, pointed to your personal work, are very powerful way to be on the internet--and HN is an example of this.