This site isn't for stories about social media or things that "shape our politics and our society," it's for stories that are interesting to hackers: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
There are other places to discuss the former. The initial stories about the Twitter acquisition arguably fell into the latter category, but the constant rumor-mongering, ad-hominem attacks, and ideological battles no longer do.
> Focus on the stuff we can control and ignore the noise? Isn’t that one of the hallmarks of supposedly high IQ people?
Isn’t the opposite usually held to be the case? The groups you would typically associate with impractical learning for its own sake (university professors, public intellectuals, novelists, etc) are seen as smart cookies
OK, but at least some hackers are interested in the ways that tech companies shape our politics and our society. (Hacking society is about the biggest hack there is.)
There are other places to discuss the former. The initial stories about the Twitter acquisition arguably fell into the latter category, but the constant rumor-mongering, ad-hominem attacks, and ideological battles no longer do.