Ironic - sometimes veering into sociopathic - detachment did not grow as a norm in internet discourse due to "anonymity" or anything like that. If anything anonymity logically leads to sincere poasting. Ironic detachment grew because ironybros make being sincere very tedious

Too earnest?

Cringe bruh

Too sincere?

Cringe bruh

Too passionate?

Fake and gay bruh

Too candid?

Cuck bruh

It's stunted, arrested development shit and it's tiresome