Flakiness in the Age of Social Media

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Is the phenomenon of "flakiness" partly a product of our overly connected, overly social world? I flake out on people a lot, and it's stressful and something I feel guilty about, but I finally realized that most of the people I flake on (and who get offended) are people I wouldn't even have stayed in touch with at all if it weren't for social media forcing "connectivity."

It seems to me that we're exhausting ourselves and we've traded fewer meaningful connections for vast quantities of shallow connections. The climate favors psychopathy, narcissism, and obligation to a massive hive-like culture.

Does anyone else struggle with being flaky? Does anyone else feel really stressed out by the pervasiveness of social media and social obligation, despite taking steps to disengage from it? I feel like it's totally eroding our ability to form meaningful tribal relationships that aren't based around partying and narcissism.