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.

Alternatively, we can fix the problems in the world that actually are making the kids depressed.

No? We would rather just make it harder for them to see the injustice?

Ok...

Doesn't matter, it's the fattest cash cow since soda was invented

They're engineering it to make even more people depressed because depressed people doomscroll

You are watching the collapse of modern western society in real-time, brought to you by the smartphone and idiots on the internet.

Affects all kids from ~ 7 to 90 years of age.

Are... we seriously... worrying about childhood depression... in this year, 2025???

It sure does for me, and I’ll be dead before the oceans start to boil. The more they know about the world the harder it is to have hope.

As social media isn’t going anywhere, the user needs to bear the responsibility of controlling their own feed. For example, you could subscribe to !lemmybewholesome@lemmy.world and follow #bloomscrolling on Pixelfed. The internet just loves to give you anything and everything, so it’s up to you to pick and choose.