Man... this one tapped into some self-destructive impulses I've felt when I was really low (in a good way). When you've been Extremely Online for a decade plus, you're gonna have some bad experiences with people that leave scars. It's very easy to start hedgehog's dilemma-ing after 'another' person you respected turned out to be a grifter, or someone that climbs the ladder and then pushes it down.
I don't know how much that resonates with the intended theming here, but it's what I thought of while playing it.