This is extremely helpful (probably not in the way that was intended though). Trying to find the many differences between Discourse and social media isn’t as easy as one might think.
Here’s a relevant topic.
The algorithmically-sorted “feed” view is a major differentiator. It’s one of the defining features of most social media platforms. Discourse has a few similarities in that aspect, but it doesn’t really have anything that resembles a “feed” view, and in my opinion, that’s okay.