I think it's also become normalized. I'm both very far on the geek-side of the spectrum in interests, but I also spend a lot of time with people on the other end. The kind of interests I can openly have today would have probably seen me ostracized in previous generations. I got a rug printed for my kid that's the floorplan of a 4004 - and nobody even mentioned how absurdly nerdy it is to be making ICs into furniture.
Sorry, I didn't mean to come off as combative, maybe I misread your comment.
These threads pop up every few weeks now and it's getting aggravating. Here we are living in the promised land, as far as geek and tech culture are concerned, and people keep complaining that it's not hip anymore.
I never discounted that Facebook (et al) users also include geeks. We have friends and family too. Never suggested that there aren't geeks in all generations. There are, that was rather my point! They still exist, they're just dilute. Didn't suggest that geeks can't also be popular. Never suggested anything about "true" geeks, that's between you and your anime community. I did actually stress that by "geek", I meant the sorts of people likely to be able to do and enjoy this sort of development.
If it's the only way you can read it, /s/geek/people willing to learn and get stuck in/i