Every time web3 is mentioned, a sizeable portion of HackerNews goes into "old man shouting at clouds" mode and logic seems to go out the window.

Noone who has any interest in web3 is going to change their minds based on strawman sloganeering arguments like those presented in this article, and it's hard to imagine someone who is currently undecided being persuaded when the very first arguments presented are as weak as 1)"There are projects with this thing called 'quadratic voting' that I don't like" 2)"You don't need cryptocurrency to be decentralized" 3)"If it was good why would FB and Twitter allow it?"