I suppose; I can certainly see the benefits. I don't think you're acknowledging the other side of the trade off: if you aren't interested in something popular,

I suppose; I can certainly see the benefits. I don't think you're acknowledging the other side of the trade off: if you aren't interested in something popular, you're going to be effectively alone in spite of a torrent of options for interacting with others. Reducing popular culture to sub groups makes this much, much easier to encounter. My friends call this "Facebook fatigue": looking at hundreds of friends and feeling alienated because of few shared interests. Regardless, claiming that culture is "dead" or "thriving" seems to be missing from evidence.