The internet has done some damage to social norms. While we've always done a little bit of damage to them, the fact that everyone has a permanent connection to a global audience means that the effect is much greater than it was before. We're learning how to communicate in ways that were once taboo, and in a way that was inconceivable even twenty years ago. This is something which society has had to adjust to. We've had some years where people were very concerned about social norms, but society has now figured out a system that works, so we should no longer have to worry about it.
But we can't just assume that. It's important to keep in mind that people are people, and they still have biases. Just because we've established that the "global village" is real doesn't mean that everyone is just going to be a perfect human. We have to keep that in mind, and not expect everyone to fit in. Society has come a long way in this respect, but it still takes some time to get used to. We shouldn't expect all people to act like perfect people overnight.
That said, it is a problem. Social norms have always existed, but they are a result of living in a society where people have different backgrounds and different experiences. As a result, social norms are not a strict and set process. Instead, they can and will vary depending on the time and place where they exist. The fact that the modern world has so much access to so many people means that this process can move much faster than it has in the past. But that also means that there is an increase in the number of cases where people feel that they don't fit in and they don't have any of the social acceptance and norms which everyone else enjoys.
This is the issue of social media. The internet has made it much easier to create a global network of people who share similar ideals, but it hasn't changed people's minds. People still hold strong beliefs in their head, so the idea that everyone else believes a certain way doesn't really matter. Because of the internet, everyone's voice is heard, but no one is actually heard.
This might be a little of a rant, but the reason why I brought up the idea of "insecurity" is to explain why I think it's happening. It's hard for people to keep themselves from trying to fit in when everyone else is doing it. This is partly because of "herd mentality" and partly because you want to be accepted. This becomes one of the main drivers of what people do on the internet. Most people know it's okay to be insecure, so why not let everyone else know it, too? I don't want to say that there are no bad things that people can do on the internet, but I do think that in the future we will see more of them because that is the only way people will be able to feel part of the social network. People get frustrated when people do bad things, but they don't really react when people do bad things that are related to the internet. That's because we all know it's possible, so no one really seems to care.
People do bad things in the real world, but that's okay because it is a part of life. Why can't people see that there are bad things on the internet, too? This is what I think is the reason behind the rise in trolling. If a person isn't able to interact with people on the internet in any way, then people have to do it in other ways. People are bored, so they find something else to do, and the internet is that something. There are also a few things that are worse that people can do to one another that they wouldn't do in real life, but that doesn't mean that people shouldn't feel like they can express themselves on the internet. People have these opportunities in life, but they have a hard time expressing themselves.
There is another problem I think we're having with people not liking each other. We've taken a negative aspect of people and made it mean positive things, which doesn't really make sense. If there is a part of a person that is good, it shouldn't be taken out and replaced with the opposite. If I have a part of me that is good, it should be kept inside of me so that I can express it and make other people happy. We can have feelings that are different from each other, but we should keep those feelings because it's not really healthy to take out a part of someone and replace it with something else.