[philjohn]

Same - and this is really the crux of the matter. You are in control of how toxic your social media experience is. Find that a group or particular person is making your world a worse place? Unfollow/Unfriend.

People bemoan the Facebook of old where it was updates from friends old and new, and family - but that's still the core of the product, groups are optional.

[elliene]

These companies hire psychologists in droves to make their products more addictive. There are certainly ways to combat their manipulation techniques, but let's not pretend this is some neutral product and try to pin the blame on the users. Cigarette companies used the same tactic and it hasn't gotten any less repellant.