[whatshisface]

Focusing too much on the personality of the whistleblower is in a sense getting sucked into the celebrity drama hole that will always take us away from consideration of the real issue.

In fact, I think being taken away from consideration of the real issue is a major consequence of the way this is being approached: nobody can debate with the obvious truth that teenagers are getting a little too sucked in to the fake world of influencers, and right now we're not discussing it, ironically.

[busterarm]

Again, I agree with you on this point as well and it's got my spidey-senses tingling like crazy that the whole thing is a work.

I've long been in the ban social media completely camp. It's a tool too dangerous for use by regular people.

[whatshisface]

Well, let's not fall prey to thinking that we, in doing what we are doing right now (talking on the internet), are too much smarter or less corruptible than most of our fellow man, including those of our fellows who spend too much time doom scrolling.