How Social is 'Social Media?'

I'm just not so sure how social "social media" is anymore. I really think it enables our isolation more than our socialization. Our use of social media as a means to share our ideas is fine, but beyond that, seems like people do a lot more arguing about politics than anything else. And if you don't have the same political persuasion of the platform you will be punished. Aside from the platform being a way to silence voices that question mainstream propaganda, I am not sure what other purpose it serves. We have come a long way in journalism in the past 100 years or so. I am really not a scholar of the history of journalism, but I do believe it has declined exponentially since I took my three journalism courses I took 20 years ago. Already, people were sounding off in replies to newspaper stories, which I thought was really tacky, and, I'm sure, the upper level journalism bosses applauded, as I suppose it followed a certain trend that was supposed to be the way to go. What it did was basically ruin journalism, and that is what we have today. One can no longer trust anything in the news or anything that appears on social media. There is no other use for social media than to entertain oneself or others, and beyond that it is a waste of time, more than anything. I have tried for a few years now to get my screen time down to two hours a day, but I think social media in itself produces more harm than good, and I don't want to contribute to that. I would like to contribute to good if I can. I think I am becoming very weary of all the hate and vitriol that people are spewing into our world, and I don't want to be a part of it. I believe we should live by the Golden Rule, and we should watch our own selves and deal with God, and let him deal with us, and stop trying to convince others that we are right and they are wrong. That is not "connecting" anybody. Just something to think about. Social media has helped to create more distance and division between people than it has brought anyone together. People are dropping out of Facebook for being tired of it. Others of us have come very close to dropping out. Perhaps more of us should. I have experienced more disconnection on social media than "connection" on social media, especially since 2020, when our world became a terrible place. I think we really hit bottom in 2020. I am not going to go into all that because I have to draw this to a close, but I think many of you know what I'm talking about. I have lost at least as many friends as I have made on Facebook. The best thing about Facebook is connecting with Christians because Christians are already connected by the spirit of God. And that is mostly a positive kind of connection. Much of the rest of it is not. And that is what is on my mind tonight. I have to close. Goodnight.