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ziggus on Feb 17, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: Why doesn't HN alert users in some manner ...

Allowing comments on a news aggregator doesn't mean it's a forum. The fact that HN purposely doesn't have much of the standard functionality of a forum should clue you in to the fact that it isn't one.

hypertele-Xii on Feb 18, 2022 [–]

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/forum#Noun

forum, noun: An Internet message board where users can post messages regarding one or more topics of discussion.

HN is clearly a forum.

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