Sure, Facebook could easily ignite all sorts of anxiety into people, but "mind-reading" is already a negative symptom in Bipolar Disorder and Social media just makes that infinitely worse.

Now, with reddit it's the general public...I care about it like I care about the person on the street. Which is to say, I genuinely hope they're okay...no one wants to be bullied or ridiculed...people like to help out if they can (usually)...etc.

But having someone snicker at the t-shirt I wear at Walmart is not going to devastate me. If I say "hi" and they ignore me, my day will go along just fine (although I will probably suspect that I need to project my voice more or that they are evil people who must be dealt with when I am emperor).

But with Facebook, you say "hi" in a direct message and they say nothing back.

Well....they read it...it says so right there with the little symbol thingie...so what does that mean? Did you say something wrong? Did you say "Good evening" when you meant "Good morning"? Were they too busy? That happens sometimes...you mean to write something back but "Hi" seems too lame so you try to think of something and just then you get a phone call, there's a delivery at the door and you just remembered, you are baking a pizza which is probably burning now so you will need to go out to get something to eat or everyone will be late for dinner and you can't be off schedule because tomorrow you have a work meeting and the big boss is going to be there and you're pretty sure he doesn't like you anyway, which it's hard to say because he looks like he never smiles and if he never smiles does he even have friends but I suppose it's easy to not care if you have friends if you have that amount of money and no soul because did you see the guys car....overcompensating for something....what were doing....oh...right...pizza....

BUT...it might be total rejection. 

Wait.

How could it be rejection?

What did you do? Extended a friendly hello? That's it? That's the last straw with this person? After all you did? Who the heck do they think they are? Who was there for them when no one else was? And they posted that thing about their "Bestest most loyal friend" and they choose Jodi?? Not that it matters, Amy isn't really your bestie either, but it's the hypocrisy of the thing, after all, who is Jodi? Jodi wasn't writing them when they were lonely abroad! Jodi didn't calm them down when they were nervous about getting married! And who drove for 2 hours to pick Amy up when Amy (You know how Amy does, of course Barry can never seem to schedule car maintenance to save his life either and let's face it, he is MADE of money...and it's not like he spends it responsibly) ignored the "Check Engine" light on her car one too many times and ended up stranded in Cole County....no one deserves to be stranded in Cole County...certainly not one of YOUR friends, and now they just posted something else, proving they not only ARE online but have time to write stuff!!!

It IS total rejection!!!!! 

Why, when you think of all the time you've spent on them when, let's face it, your old high school buddy Jason was always an infinitely more chill dude to hang out with than either of them and you got none of this drama... 

Oh....

It says you have a notification.... "Hi"

That's nice... 

But what does "Hi" mean...just "Hi"...nothing else...