Pretty much. Self-fulfilling prophecy-reinforcing eyeball readership combined with a sense of not wanting to miss the Next Big Thing(TM). The rise of social med

Pretty much. Self-fulfilling prophecy-reinforcing eyeball readership combined with a sense of not wanting to miss the Next Big Thing(TM). The rise of social media and decentralization of information broadcasting deemphasizes professional editing, journalistic filters and may lead to rumors and odd views being more often catapulted into popularity. It seems like each major social media platform needs a volunteer "army" of common-sense combined with deep-learning to moderate things that are unnecessarily hateful, harmful, conspiracy theories and such nonsense.