[mlrtime]

Well, it's still debatable for the history books if social media is a net good.

Before the internet, these issues would be handled by local news journalism, and still sometimes do!

[romphl]

I mean, social media is pretty much an inevitability once mobile phones/internet became mainstream. Just like the invention of the gun and gunpowder, I think we are still debating if it was good for society right to this day.