Sure, but it’s also not a useful distinction.
There’s a clear difference of kind between modern social media and the forums/usenet of old.
There’s a clear difference of kind between modern social media and the forums/usenet of old.
Please back that statement up with some facts.
2. Algorithms driving ever-increasing "engagement" to deliver advertising
3. Surveillance capitalism
1. HN is centralized, but not for-profit.
2. HN does not drive engagement, AFAIK
3. HN is not surveillance capitalism.
You haven't demonstrated how Usenet differs from HN, but since my question had a typo and omitted HN, I can see how that is confusing.
HN users put a lot less emphasis on who says something and we focus more on what they say. There are exceptions of course, because we have our own share of renowned experts posting here. But for the most part, people don't take note of what username writes a post.
No, there isn't.