It wasn’t journalists, tech bros, and influencers who made the Internet a thing. It was librarians, scientists, educators, and programmers.

@shoq

So true. Actually, the tech bros ruined the internet.

@mastodonmigration @shoq Yes. In high school, the tech bros were laughing at me for building websites and spitting on me. It was the geeks and nerds like me who built the stage for them.
@mastodonmigration @shoq today a learned a new word.
@melroy @mastodonmigration @shoq I still don't know what it means.
tech bro

1. someone, usually a man, who works in the digital technology industry…

@melroy Thanks, I didn't think there would be a dictionary entry for that term. I mainly see people use it around these parts of the internet, and the definition that Cambridge gives seems too specific.

The general knowledge I'd like to have is what the relation of any foo to foo-bro is. Can you do it for any word?

@pkal bro stands for brother. Tech bro is really slang language. And no you can't just add any word and add 'bro' behind it.

See also: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brogrammer

Brogrammer - Wikipedia

@mastodonmigration @shoq No no, it was (impersonal) you who gave it away to them.