Are we noticing more glitches lately, or is it just social media making them more visible?

I've been a member here for about five years and I'm genuinely wondering if the number of reported reality glitches has increased, or whether we're just more connected now so we hear about them more often. Could be selection bias, could be something actually changing in our reality structure.

Think about it: ten years ago you'd only hear about weird stuff if you happened to know someone it happened to. Now these experiences get posted on social media, forums like this, TikTok, whatever, and suddenly we're seeing patterns that were always there but previously invisible.

On the other hand, some people reckon our reality is becoming less stable - more instances of the Mandela Effect, more time slip reports, more glitchy experiences overall. The simulation hypothesis would suggest that yes, if there's been some kind of update or degradation to the simulation parameters, we'd be noticing it now.

Interested in what the community thinks. Has anyone been keeping actual records to compare? Or is this just one of those things that feels more prevalent because we're paying attention to it now?

I've actually been tracking this for the past three years in a spreadsheet. Cross-referenced against various online forums and social media. There's definitely an uptick in certain categories of glitches - particularly time-related ones and the Mandela Effect type reports. Whether that's a real increase or just increased visibility, I genuinely can't say. But statistically, something's shifted since 2021.

Could be selection bias, could be something actually changing in our reality structure.

It's selection bias, mate. Full stop. Humans are pattern-recognition machines. We see patterns even when they're not there. Confirmation bias is real and it's massive in this community. Most of these "glitches" are just normal brain stuff or coincidences given huge amounts of significance.

If we're in a simulation, increased glitches could indicate either: a) it's degrading, b) we're approaching some kind of final event/reset, or c) the architects are deliberately letting us become aware. All three are pretty unsettling possibilities. The Mandela Effect stuff is particularly weird because it suggests alternate timeline memories bleeding through.

The internet definitely amplifies everything. I've noticed that communities focused on specific phenomena tend to see more reports of that phenomenon. It's not necessarily dishonesty - it's just that awareness changes perception. However, some of the documented glitch reports are genuinely hard to explain, so there's probably something real underneath the noise.

Interested in that spreadsheet data you mentioned - would you be willing to share it? I've been keeping my own records and cross-referencing would be useful. I've definitely noticed more time-slip reports, but I'm not sure if that's because they're becoming more common or just because I'm looking for them more carefully now.