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Agree on the hysteria. Twitter especially rewards the pithy smartass that says something controversial. The thoughtful person interested in expressing complicated ideas and trying to empathize with other humans doesn't get retweeted/favd.

And be alone with my actual identity and have to deal with existential angst? I'd rather get upset about an issue I read to give my life some meaning /s

Or just dropping out of facebook and having face to face relationships with those that matter most. That's what I did and I don't feel any worse for it. My relationships are better too because they're actually real.