Some people take the validation of others quite seriously. Internet points, for them, are not at all fake - it’s a measure of their worth.
I’m not a psychiatrist, so I can’t say whether this is healthy, but I’d guess not of it’s causing them angst about something that has no direct effect on the base 3 levels of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs.
Some people take the validation of others quite seriously. Internet points, for them, are not at all fake - it’s a measure of their worth.
I’m not a psychiatrist, so I can’t say whether this is healthy, but I’d guess not of it’s causing them angst about something that has no direct effect on the base 3 levels of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs.