The medium changes. People communicate differently now.
The other day I was thinking about how absurd it seems from today that in the 19th century culturally cherished people wrote poems on the political situation (at least in Central Europe, think 1848, coffeehouse culture etc.), with rhymes, correct syllable count etc. Not just politics, but anything relevant, like love (romanticism) etc. Totally unironically, as a serious form of the social conversation. The closest we may have to that today is hip hop.
The other day I was thinking about how absurd it seems from today that in the 19th century culturally cherished people wrote poems on the political situation (at least in Central Europe, think 1848, coffeehouse culture etc.), with rhymes, correct syllable count etc. Not just politics, but anything relevant, like love (romanticism) etc. Totally unironically, as a serious form of the social conversation. The closest we may have to that today is hip hop.