It was the smartphone. Not necessarily the phones themselves, but the wide reaching accessibility. Internet users skyrocketed and if phoneposters we're any indi

It was the smartphone. Not necessarily the phones themselves, but the wide reaching accessibility. Internet users skyrocketed and if phoneposters we're any indication of the aggregate impact - the quality of conversation deteriorated. And yes, mobile accessible platforms caused a sort of gravity and viola. Also I'm reasonably sure this is just a truism. "Schismogenesis" in addition to the fact that everybody wants to be on the same page with their community. The nature of the internet in that it's basically just a huge, permanent log of interactions just allows us to observe this shit more easily and remark on it in post.