online friends

ok tbh rant but making online connections WAS WAYYYY different than it was back then during covid compared to today. the peak era to online chatting was 2019-2023. like idk whats up with ppl but those BMF slideshow posts on tiktok r meaningless and its mostly 12-14 year olds commenting on them like idk it feels forced in a way?? every1 just ghosts or those ppl who want codependent friendships like what. ughhghh maybe im doing something wrong and im older now im crine it just weirds me out a bit. does any1 feel like its harder now?