Yes, Social Media Might Be Making Kids Depressed: Depression symptoms jumped 35% as kids’ average social media use rose from seven to 73 minutes daily over a three-year period. (www.ucsf.edu)

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[-] thezeesystem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 day ago

It's not social media. It's the state of the world. It's the news that everything is fucked and nothing we can do about it. It's just social media is a way to know about what fucked up shit is going on, not social media it self.

[-] Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 2 points 1 day ago

I think there is a certain amount of social media that is itself the problem.

Like, trolls and rage baiters are a menace; not to mention social media is often an assault on nuance.

Memes are still really popular but they undercut serious discussion ... and often just make noise about depressing shit without even the inkling of answers to the problems they comment on.

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