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Are you seriously trying to argue that companies like Facebook or Netflix are not tech companies?

This comment thread is bonkers. I've never seen stuff like this on HN before!

These days every company uses tech in some way. If the bar is "uses tech" then every company is a tech company and the category is meaningless. If you asked a layman to name tech companies, would Disney appear high in their list? What about Ford? Or Chevron? All those companies use tech and all those companies develop new tech. But I think most people would say media company, car company, and oil company. In my mind LinkedIn is close enough to a tech company that you convinced me. But I do think it's a spectrum and Netflix and Facebook are more tech than. LinkedIn. LinkedIn is a sleazy job board or recruiting company. I feel the same way about Craigslist (is that a tech company?) Was Gawker a tech compsny? How about Hertz? A lot of my tech friends used to work at Starbucks but I think most customers don't consider it a tech company.

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