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There's that word again. What on earth is a "social hack"?


Social - adj. 1. Of or relating to society. 2. (internet) Relating to social media or social networks.

Hack - noun. 1. Use of a resource for something other than its intended purpose. 2. An appropriate application of ingenuity.

Social hack - noun. 1. A hack whose underlying resource or intended purpose is social in nature.

The parent poster's hack is doubly social. First, the underlying medium is a social network. Second, the purpose is to reveal hidden information during socializing.


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It's a hack because it's clever, unexpected, and small. It's social because it happens to be about a type of social interaction.




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