Well as far as drama goes, this community is about as dramatic as a box of cereal
On the one hand for me, it's escapism. On the other, there's a lot of novelty available, new things that we'd never encounter irl. Which gives us new ideas for things to try irl. Sort of like the printing press spreading information faster
Think about the drama that was the recent rust for Linux lead resigning. People then have their opinions about it and then it spills into the comments here.
I think you just care less about the social media drama as described in the submission (which is ok).
On the one hand for me, it's escapism. On the other, there's a lot of novelty available, new things that we'd never encounter irl. Which gives us new ideas for things to try irl. Sort of like the printing press spreading information faster