HN also has views on privacy that are not shared by most of the non-techie population. Most people like privacy, to be clear, but would not be willing to sacrifice as much for it as many here.

I have always found it odd that an interest in privacy would coincide with an interest in tech.

> I have always found it odd that an interest in privacy would coincide with an interest in tech.

Perhaps knowledge of tech makes you aware of how easily it can be (ab)used to track you and invade your privacy.

> HN despises: Blockchain

That makes a lot of sense from the business perspective. People who bought Bitcoin early have no need for Y Combinator funding now. :P

Both Tesla and Mastodon have big back-and-forths about pros and cons every time they come up.