Zoom Boom

Is a Zoom chat thread the contemporary box seat for individual Muppet Statler & Waldorf hecklers-at-heart?

People who would never dare whisper during a live performance now comment throughout the forced-online public readings, performances, concerts, and other events.

The noise of notifications and constant activity of asides within a digital chat box is no different than a chatterbox seated beside me in an auditorium.

Are these audacious stream-of-consciousness habits going to transfer into theater-going audience etiquette when everything reopens post-pandemic?