Social media discourse is becoming less reactionary

Social media discourse are simmering down. These days, creators are approaching controversy from a removed secondhand standpoint.

Whether the video is a mini-explainer or a 40-minute hypothesis, it requires the creator to do their research. This often leads to summaries of alternative opinions or perspectives, which is very different from the more self-centered "reaction videos" and "story time" clickbait side of YouTube.

This means there is a positive shift if social media discourse that encourages us to engage with ideas in good faith that we might not otherwise entertain or think.