That’s probably true. Prior to social media, the social benefit to making pithy, reductionist “takes” was small compared to maintaining in-person relationships

That’s probably true. Prior to social media, the social benefit to making pithy, reductionist “takes” was small compared to maintaining in-person relationships in relatively good terms. Now, however, the perceived social benefit of those same takes is huge, as they can go viral online and rack up major internet points. This translates to real life interactions. Those relationships we would have preferred to maintain by keeping our mouths shut are now under attack because we inadvertently use our internet takes IRL. (Just a hypothesis…)