The difference is that facebook used to be an elite corner of the web where you knew you were talking to people who would be in the upper 1% of US society. The

The difference is that facebook used to be an elite corner of the web where you knew you were talking to people who would be in the upper 1% of US society. The reddit tech subs used to be populated with the people writing the software they talked about. There just isn't a place like that any more that is neutral ground. HN and lobste.rs are the two closest and they ban maintainers of open source crown jewels for political reasons. I can't even be bothered to finish this post because someone will flag it and then dang will show up saying it's not true.