[utdiscant]

A lot of tech people seems to have changed their mind on this. Some ways to reason about that are:

1) They are doing it for opportunistic reasons. They can't afford to be enemies with Trump.

2) They legitimately changed their opinion about a wide array of things they used to believe enough to outspoken about.

3) They believe that while Trump's core beliefs are not aligned to theirs, the alternative is worse. And potentially they believe there is a need for some sorm of over-correction to fix what has happened over the last 4 years.

[robertlagrant]

I think the fourth is quite a few people spotted what appeared to be happening in big tech, where if you have the right activists in only a few companies you could cover and (to some extent) control a lot of digit communication. The moment whatever issue du jour came up that they did not align with the big tech decision on, they noticed and started to distrust what they were seeing. It's possible that being a benevolent gatekeeper only works if you are extremely nonpartisan.