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“information wants to be free” is a hacker expression… it deeply offends me to see that attached to tech bro.
and women are fully capable of being douche canoes, as well as being strong positive or negative forces in tech. You’re mostly seeing males in this role BECAUSE of sexism… acting like they’re just naturally mostly male is reinforcing that.
there is a huge problem with sexism in tech.
Oh yeah, the "information wants to be free" thing shouldn't be attached to techbros. Totally agreed. I think the meme is meant to show a devolution from a tech activist into techbro, but obviously not everyone followed that pipeline. I used to be in the "information wants to be free" and privacy-focused camp 10 years ago and I still am. There will be plenty of us.
it’s not a pipeline though, hacktavists don’t become tech bros, they fight them.
I personally haven't seen that either, but that's what the meme says. Not necessarily that I think happens often
pipeline means a thing
I know. You're talking to me like I made the meme, but I didn't. Nor do I think that this pipeline is really common