Miserable people make the internet miserable

Kevin Munger makes the argument that Facebook and the wider internet sucks because people suck. "Millions of Americans are miserable. The internet has 'gotten worse' because Americans are not ok. Near-universal internet access means that there are immiserated, lonely people spending many hours a day online. The breakdown in the social fabric, climbing 'prime-age' unemployment and high rates of addiction and mental illness manifest themselves in our mutually-constructed online spaces. There is a misery that wants to make itself known - to inflict itself on the world - that social media enables. We are reaping what we've sown; the interconnectedness enabled by the internet and the gains from open communication/cooperation cannot succeed while so many are left behind". It's a depressing read.