[eitally]

I think a lot of what's happening is that individuals and their in-groups are replacing social media for comms with chat apps, leaving much of the remaining social media use being either reposting crap or for opinion blasts... or in the worst case, thoughtlessly reposting other people's [extreme] opinion blasts.

One thing is true: actual, active socializing is happening in chat apps (and Discord), not FB, X, or IG.