Am I the only one who finds this annoying? The Sims 4 is not Pokemon Go. Temporar skill boosts and whatnot has no place in this game, IMHO. I hope it doesn't screw up MCCC or anything.
Sims 3 was better than Sims 2: Sims 2, AFAIR, both had the requirement to have high carisma to HAVE a lot of friends, demanded a lot of friends to get promotions AND had the friendship bar decrease VERY fast unless you bugged them on the phone every second day or so.