Are hipsters independent thinkers?

In week 6, I ran across an article titled "The Hipster's Movement" with no author. The link is here: https://harvardpolitics.com/hipsters-movement/

Through social media, hipsters can reach out to each other and the public. Apparently, hipsters are progressive nonconformists with "an appreciation of art and indie-rock, creativity, intelligence, and witty banter". Hipsters can go viral...and rarely go anywhere. The internet-social media-enables hipsters to have a greater presence. Could we argue that many recent social movements are off of the fringes of hipster-type sentiment? According to the author, "Technology encourages this focus on the superficial by promoting identities based on 'likes' and by giving people so much information to process that they rarely ever focus strongly enough on a single issue".

I think hipsters in 2020s are commonly found in fringe social-political movements. For academic reasons, I won't disclose my social-political opinions/viewpoints. However, I think that the hipster culture is more sensationalized due to social media presence. Many hipsters, I think, find commonality with these movements if they are invested in a social or political cause/belief.

It is also misunderstood. True hipsters avoid these labels, even the label "hipster". This discussion leads to the concept of "counter-culture" where people are anti-conformist via the internet. Hashtags allow opinions and viewpoints to be widespread and mainstream.