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One thing that would give you some great context on this question is the collection of interviews DFW gave over the course of his life. He was remarkably prescient about the development of a lot of things, one of which was the role technology (and the internet) would play in people's lives;
https://www.amazon.com/Conversations-David-Foster-Wallace-Literary/dp/1617032271/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_t_0?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=J1GSMG16N98V1326KPDY
There was a great line from one of the interviews, (which made it's way into the movie) that went something like;
"It (technology) is going to get better and better, and it's going to easier and easier and more and more convenient and more and more pleasurable to sit alone. With images on a screen given to us by people who do not love us but want our money".
Which can be applied to the social media era to which you describe.
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