I've heard it described as "social gentrification", but that particular article tried to defend offensive behaviour (think 4chan) as a personality trait or a way to keep 'normies' at bay. I don't think that's the way to go either, because the very same type that defends their offensive and antagonistic behaviour will suffer from loneliness as well. The venn diagram overlaps a lot there.
But that particular blog post aside, you do make a good point. The 'nerd' in my head (and / or the one that I am) doesn't score too well on EQ and social skills, or to be even more blunt, is often on the autism spectrum and has to mask to match those expectations from the more neurotypical folk. But that said, I think one has to mask even with other neurodiverse people, because else they will just rub each other the wrong way.
But that particular blog post aside, you do make a good point. The 'nerd' in my head (and / or the one that I am) doesn't score too well on EQ and social skills, or to be even more blunt, is often on the autism spectrum and has to mask to match those expectations from the more neurotypical folk. But that said, I think one has to mask even with other neurodiverse people, because else they will just rub each other the wrong way.