Time preference yes, but also (and imo more deeply) about ego.
It's me me me out there, wanting to be seen, wanting to be talked about, wanting to be liked, spiced with lots of self-delusion ("healthy at any size" / etc) to keep said ego happy - all the while making it more and more fragile, also.
I've seen this kind of thing here as well, but empirically nowhere near as much as normie social media, which I've never used because a cursory glance at it revealed that ego reigned supreme there, distraction was everywhere and also for some reason a lot of angry people.
Meditation & psychedelics I'm telling you, would put things into perspective for a lot of people.
But it's the hard road, and the road less traveled, so I doubt it will ever happen - people tend to go the path of least resistance, often but not always unconsciously: avoid the pain of growing&changing, embrace the transient and cheap pleasure du moment (another like, some porn, sugary food, whatever).
Yeah.. fun times on Earth.
