I assure you that people got judged on their likes and dislikes before the internet. But unless they published those likes and dislikes somewhere with a wide a

I assure you that people got judged on their likes and dislikes before the internet. But unless they published those likes and dislikes somewhere with a wide audience only about twenty people would ever know them and respond to them. The judging hasn't changed - the sheer scale of the people you'll interact with on a daily basis has.