I’m not defending social media. I’m talking about how there’s no nuance in ops perspective, black mirror, or the article. It only highlights the negatives and that’s all there is. Basically nobody is looking at the positives. If you’re going to do a societal harm analysis you should probably consider the benefits too before coming to a conclusion.
But to your point about young people in society, this feels like a classic “but oh, isn’t anybody thinking about the children” moment. https://en.m.wikiquote.org/wiki/Think_of_the_children
It’s a logical fallacy. If we are simply thinking about whether any of society is harmed we might as well just do nothing at all and cease to exist. Nobody in this thread is willing to engage and sincerely discuss the benefits vs the harms.
You're welcome to present the benefits. I can only speak for myself though: they don't amount to a thing worth otherwise poisoning society for.
Other than people that already agree with you, I'm not sure who you are appealing to by suggesting others are caught up in "think of the children".
I bring children up because studies seem to focus on the negatives of social media on children in particular. Also I raised three children and watched social media play out in their lives.