People around me in real life have been more angry in general, including friends and family. And the internet is currently experiencing a huge dump in signal /

People around me in real life have been more angry in general, including friends and family. And the internet is currently experiencing a huge dump in signal / noise rate, with the noise being full of anger, looking for something to complain about, a fight to pick, a clue something wrong has been done. And that's my feeling while I'm not on facebook, instagram, tik tok, don't have a google account and read a lot of technical stuff and blogs. I can't imagine what it is for the regular folk. I believe this is partially because the media industry is now using internet as it used tv before, and the emotional engagement resulting is the same, only multiplied in speed and intensity. But also because of the current tensions we have with covid, and the social, political and economical consequences. And finally because, with all that stuff going on, there is a huge trust crisis in the world. We have been exposed to so much proofs of wrong doing and manipulation attempts lately nobody expect leaders, the medias or institutions to have good intentions nor be competent. PR telling you how good big corporations and their products have been overwhelming everything, including entertainment, news, and sites like HN. Even the scientific world is washed out with so many bad studies, so much agenda, wrong incentives, bias and conflicts of interests the last line of defense of the intellect is getting attacked. It's not just your mum on facebook. And in a site like HN, this is kinda painful to live through. So I think it's not far fetch to feel the mood is not at his best.