I feel that the only reason this has made the news beyond the Linux community (there was also Business Insider [1] and The Inquirer [2] recycling this quote) is

I feel that the only reason this has made the news beyond the Linux community (there was also Business Insider [1] and The Inquirer [2] recycling this quote) is because of how fashionable it has recently become to hate on social media. And while I share much of Linus's distaste for social media (although I am shocked to see he argues against anonymity), the way that papers are now running with this story looks like cheap sensationalism. [1] - https://www.businessinsider.com/linus-torvalds-says-twitter-facebook-instagram-a-disease-2019-4?r=US&IR=T https://www.businessinsider.com/linus-torvalds-says-twitter-... [2] - https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/3073753/linus-torvalds-calls-social-media-a-disease https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/3073753/linus-torv...