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by brightlancer 1198 days ago
> TikTok doesn’t cause this, it doesn’t even exacerbate it.

I agree with the first but not the second. I think "social media" is a net good, by far. At the same time, there are negative effects: one is that it creates a constant audience for whatever stupid thing the Influencer wants to do or say, which is an incentive for them to say or do stupid things.