[knaik94]

I don't know how fair it is to say facebook is playing a major role when most of the content consumed on facebook is no longer what your immediate friends post from their personal lives. At one point in time, I would agree that the culture of comparing yourself to others' success lead to dark thoughts. But now there's so much on facebook, it's hard to pin down a specific cause. Is it the fake news, the fear of missing out, the articles about global warming, the economic depression, or seeing posts about covid deaths?

I would argue facebook is not even the main demographic of teenagers anymore. Facebook is full of millenial+. Younger generations are on tiktok and youtube.

Facebook is not social media, instagram and whatsapp and facebook together could arguably be a larger influence but those three still don't make up a majority of social media.

Facebook and social media and the internet itself can be used to escape real life problems. Certain psychologist have already generalized an addiction to encompass all of internet and computer use. The reality is that internet and computer and social media are all tools. The actual issue is some people's unhealthy mechanisms for coping with difficult struggles in life.

This generation happened to live in the time great technological advancements. It's not obvious when you dig deeper into the relationship.