I think your average geek used to be like, somewhat academic and erudite and into arcane knowledge and had some level of good faith of wanting to engage in discussion
Now it’s all frauds and absolutely braindead elon stans and crypto dipshits and conservative freaks and people who enjoy and defend watching big tech destroy everything.
I’m a technerd from the late 90s and early 00s. We’re all still here living our best lives, making money off the newest hypes, and then going home to chat on IRC and fiddle around with our old, soulful protocols.