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> Tech people act as prescribers to the rest Any good examples of this? I don't find this at all. Hackernews for example is always very against Facebook, ads a

> Tech people act as prescribers to the rest Any good examples of this? I don't find this at all. Hackernews for example is always very against Facebook, ads and tracking user behaviour. As far as I can see, none of my less technical friends want to know more details about any of this or care in the slightest. Most of the time if my non-technical friends are asking for technology advice, it's advice to help them follow the crowd e.g. my friends wouldn't ask me what social network to use, they'd ask me how to install Facebook on their phone. If I started ranting about privacy stuff for something all their friends used, they'd just dismiss it as me being overly concerned.

alcover 9y ago
Any good examples of this? Not really I must admit. It's more that when the tide turns, people ask techies why and what to do. In FB case they'll ask you what is so bad about it and you'll come up with a solid answer. They'll repeat your word around and the tide will gain momentum ? Linux. My parents got a laptop with Windows 8. We couldn't make sense of it. I pitched Ubuntu, installed it and they never turned back. When their friends evoke problems with their computers, they will hear about Ubuntu from my folks.