Even though we've lived in a society where we can instantly communicate with people throughout the world for a long time, it's still hard to fully gauge all the side-effects this new world has in store for us.
Still, one that's both easy to identify and hard to get used is how quickly our perceptions of people can change. We can celebrate someone for a lovely gesture one day only to find out about the darker parts of their character the day after.
However, in the case of one South Carolina man, it seems that this quick turnaround would've happened whether social media existed or not.