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Re:Social media is a cause, not a correlate, of mental illne... by nerdponx on Wednesday February 22, 2023 @03:46PM (#34902454)
This effect is just as true for adults as for kids. I largely lost touch with the music scene I was involved in because I didn't want to do everything on Facebook, and now Instagram.
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Re:Social media is a cause, not a correlate, of mental illne... by whstl on Wednesday February 22, 2023 @04:58PM (#34903518)
Same. And the worst part of Facebook is that it managed to make everything very toxic. Not that my local music scene was great, but there were several day-long fights in local music Facebook groups. All because of bullshit that wouldn't have happened otherwise.

Instagram however had other problems. It's all about consumerism. When people started spending money on DSLR cameras to make stories about their expensive music equipment, that was too much for me.

Glad I quit both.

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