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Cancel culture claims another victim. Social media and its consequences have been a disaster for nerds. Introverted nerds and intellectuals created the technol

Cancel culture claims another victim. Social media and its consequences have been a disaster for nerds. Introverted nerds and intellectuals created the technology that enables social media to exist. That same technology is being used to exclude nerds from the internet. What's left for nerds in the modern world? Nothing. I don't use C++ right now but I might want to later and I don't like seeing its creator ostracized.

krapp 6y ago
>Social media and its consequences have been a disaster for nerds. Introverted nerds and intellectuals created the technology that enables social media to exist. That same technology is being used to exclude nerds from the internet. WTF are you talking about? Social media has been an unqualified blessing for nerds. Practically every pastime that used to belong to nerds (video games, programming, D&D, anime, using a computer) has exploded in popularity since the dawn of the web and become far more mainstream. There is no conspiracy to exclude nerds from the internet, at all. And I see no indication of "cancel culture" having any involvement here. Reading your past comments, you seem to be suffering from a persecution complex tied to identifying as an "introvert," and a belief that some conspiracy of "extroverts" is persecuting people like yourself. That's not happening anywhere but in your own mind. Seek help.
- ZinZirconium 6y ago
  The one and only place I am persecuted is on HN. Without exception this is the most toxic community I have ever seen. HN is the worst possible example of an echo chamber. Every dissenting opinion is immediately downvoted into oblivion. The only discussion which is permitted must reflect positively on big tech and startup culture. HN is free with no advertising precisely because the user base serve as free advertising for YC and the moment any user reflects negatively on YC in any way then that user is no longer serving their intended purpose. The stated purpose of HN is intellectual curiosity. The reality is there is no such thing as intellectual curiosity at HN. The assumption that I should belong here as a nerd who is enthusiastic about programming and computers as you say is directly at odds with the reality that everyone else here is enthusiastic only about marketing and money. The focus is not on making technology or using technology. The focus of HN is only on selling technology. Bjarne Stroustrup isn't the only one to suffer from the rise of social media and use of technology to banish nerds. Little people are affected too but you don't see news items about regular nerds who get banned from toxic echo chambers.
amanaplanacanal 6y ago
What makes you think this has anything to do with “cancel culture”?

krapp 6y ago

>Social media and its consequences have been a disaster for nerds. Introverted nerds and intellectuals created the technology that enables social media to exist. That same technology is being used to exclude nerds from the internet. WTF are you talking about? Social media has been an unqualified blessing for nerds. Practically every pastime that used to belong to nerds (video games, programming, D&D, anime, using a computer) has exploded in popularity since the dawn of the web and become far more mainstream. There is no conspiracy to exclude nerds from the internet, at all. And I see no indication of "cancel culture" having any involvement here. Reading your past comments, you seem to be suffering from a persecution complex tied to identifying as an "introvert," and a belief that some conspiracy of "extroverts" is persecuting people like yourself. That's not happening anywhere but in your own mind. Seek help.

ZinZirconium 6y ago
The one and only place I am persecuted is on HN. Without exception this is the most toxic community I have ever seen. HN is the worst possible example of an echo chamber. Every dissenting opinion is immediately downvoted into oblivion. The only discussion which is permitted must reflect positively on big tech and startup culture. HN is free with no advertising precisely because the user base serve as free advertising for YC and the moment any user reflects negatively on YC in any way then that user is no longer serving their intended purpose. The stated purpose of HN is intellectual curiosity. The reality is there is no such thing as intellectual curiosity at HN. The assumption that I should belong here as a nerd who is enthusiastic about programming and computers as you say is directly at odds with the reality that everyone else here is enthusiastic only about marketing and money. The focus is not on making technology or using technology. The focus of HN is only on selling technology. Bjarne Stroustrup isn't the only one to suffer from the rise of social media and use of technology to banish nerds. Little people are affected too but you don't see news items about regular nerds who get banned from toxic echo chambers.

amanaplanacanal 6y ago

What makes you think this has anything to do with “cancel culture”?