Could it be that a larger more representative portion of the general population has gone online since 2000? Maybe a little earlier on in the history of the int

Could it be that a larger more representative portion of the general population has gone online since 2000? Maybe a little earlier on in the history of the internet, it was a somewhat more individualistic and dare I suggest more educated and intelligent sample of people? Whereas at this point, it's every idiot, their grandma, and their dog. Or just a larger group, which becomes a mob. No one wants to be attacked by a mob. People learn that they will just have their comment buried and receive hate or disrespect if they write it in the wrong website, group or thread. Actually, I think that sometimes the better my comment is in terms of actual truth or making fair points, the less likely it is to receive points or positive comments . Because to do that I will try to be a little subtle and look at both sides of an issue. So the comment can have something that both groups (who are often quite polarized) dislike in it. And will be longer. The average internet user today resents it when you make them read more than a few sentences at a time.