@2a70c54d I suspect some people think you HAVE to be a dick on social media to be successful (dovetails with the whole corporate cult belief that being a dick and shitty to others means you're a super genius). Also, many people have been trained by corporate social media that rewards people with attention for being terrible/sensationalist/highly emotionally hooked and if you have no actual talents and desperately want attention because you've been hollowed out by chasing one's own narcissism....but are too lazy and entitled to learn and develop social skills or an actual talent....then being a bigmouthed dick is kind of the go-to of many people because it often works super well in Americanized spaces (see also a whole bunch of the people elected to the GOP).

But, I also think it reveals how many people just aren't particularly kind people in general.