More or less we all are attention seekers, and that doesn't mean we have to do it by any means as you mention. You are absolutely true from a couple of dacedes it has turned into a new level of madness. Digital platforms have brought it into a new level. Creating online profile seems funny to me. People know it's fake. Still people do it. Actually the world, now-a-days is run by attention. Big companies want people attention for the product and so they pay huge to another seekers.😂
But, this is not the value of the profile - the value is in the platforms selling access to it and its network.