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Who goes along with Facebook? Most tech-enthusiasts I know make a point about not using anything Facebook (Whatsapp notwithstanding). It's just that most people don't care that much about tech-related ideologies, the same way most people don't care about animal rights, or the environment. TL;DR: We have to pick our fights.

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Sure, but many of these issues have very little to do with tech itself (though they happen to be tech-powered). Breach of trust, privacy violations, disinformation propagation for financial gain, radicalization, instigation of anxiety and depression (in teens especially), etc.

Are you saying that the "masses" lump all of these social effects into esoteric "tech issues" since they are enabled by tech?

That's more or less what I'm saying, yes.

Have you seen the Tyler the Creator cyberbulling tweet? That's how most people actually feel deep down.

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