Maybe social media are just tapping into the human need to have “fools” on the stage. It’s a pretty universal archetype. Silly fools, wise fools, serendipitous fools. Only the Jester can speak truth to the King sort of thing. Been around so long in so many places that it has to be useful for human culture...
Interesting take, although It can be the other way around as well. Both the fool and this social media behavior come from a motivation to distract from our own weaknesses, by pointing fingers at something else.
