Theoretically if you were to normally scale population it would be okay since the ratios would be the same, but since we now have access to the internet competition has become globalized. To win in the algorithm you need to be superior to other fellow creators, people's standards generally heighten: ![[Why does capitalism make us so sick#On speciality]] We have less of a chance to feel special, which reduces our meaning. This is the problem of treating social media as the social norm - people are then isolated trying to make it big, making it harder to faciliate closely knitten groups because it just genuinely is not encouraged. Along with other reasons like [[Debt illustrates how humans are not intrinsically worthy of existence]], we can experience [[The desire to not exist]] On top of social activities becoming more isolating, we are fucked