[eahman00]

That is funny. The reason I don't follow tech people on Twitter is that they spend all day posting about left-leaning US politics, feminism, LGBTQ-whatever, etc. which are things I couldn't care less about.

That's one of the bad things of social media: you want to read about tech or movies or sports or whatever so you follow someone in the field but you also have to read his political opinions, see pictures of his kids, see the latte he just ordered, etc. Insufferable.

[dev_dull]

Exactly one of the few reasons I still enjoy coming to hacker news. I hope we can keep our little community here.

[busterarm]

That's been increasingly less likely though, as some of our more prominent posters freely post their politics.

I've taken to flagging politically motivated topics with some amount of success.

[toolatenohate]

I am more of center and care about right-leaning issues. At least, I want to be informed. So I follow not only tech leaders but also other right-leaning leaders too.

And when I say tech leaders, they may not be celebrities like Mark or Jack but they are still leaders in their smaller communities. I am talking about developers who built frameworks, people from here, and other communities like Indie Hackers etc.

I won't out anyone but one example is some these leaders were complaining about lack of coverage on CNN of Hamas firing rockets into Israel. Of course, CNN covered it and many people refuted them by posting links/screenshots. But these same leaders have never complained about lack of coverage on Fox/CNN when Muslims or other minorities are victims.

[beaconstudios]

everyone has a favourite injustice in online politics. It's somewhat understandable as there are so many injustices happening around the world that it's impossible to pay attention to all of them. So we pay attention to the ones the media covers - if the coverage is perceived as biased in one direction or the other, the other side will charge in with whatabout-isms. The Israel-Palestine conflict is a classic example of this.

[geodel]

Heh, what you said I find it absolutely true. Now instead of being influenced by their political opinions I find their tech opinions dodgy. They work like anti-influencers on me.