Comment by Tanjreeve

I think there's a difference between tech enthusiasts and nerds. Sometimes they might overlap a bit as the technology and the commercialisation overlaps (e.g crypto Vs nfts) but I don't think they're the same thing. My napkin theory is that anything that makes you the end user in their product roadmap (e.g Claude, Ubuntu, AWS) gets tech fans while anything that might not be a fully coherent product but has you figuring out using it gets nerd fans (e.g open models, Debian, Home labs)