From my memory around that time (2014-2016), smartphones went big and became easy to use such that the dumber half of the population now also had access, platfo

From my memory around that time (2014-2016), smartphones went big and became easy to use such that the dumber half of the population now also had access, platformication intensified, and the human scale social norms that held most of the web together were displaced by noise and oblivion by way of engagement maximization. It's also the time I got rid of Reddit and FB (though FB was only ever chat bridged to weechat for me) for good. Also, algorithmic feeds, "influencers" and "content".