This is all Ragatha's fault. She comes from wealth, and her fortune funded this program. Not only did Ragatha help create the circus in an effort to escape her unfulfilling existence in the real world, but she tricked people into testing it in an effort to force people into becoming her friends. Her abandonment issues created this digital hell. Ragatha's toxic positivity isn't just a coping mechanism to get through each day, it's a sad attempt to force people to socialize/like her. In fact, Ragatha might even know a way out