>>82213830 (OP)because there's no third spaces for people to socialize and have fun anymore, all there is is the internet and it was exposed in the 2010s that social media websites promote content that elicit negative emotions because negative emotions compel you to reply which means the angrier or more annoyed or sad you are from a post the higher you are to engage with it.
online negativity increases engagement, it's why this place has so much rage bait and demoralization, it garners more engagement than nice posts and it's also why anons keep coming back to this shithole, the online negativity is magnetic to your attention.