That's because politics became injected into social media/internet. The problem isn't social media per se, it's politics, news, media, etc that has overrun social media in the past 15 years.
Before Obama, the internet and social media was place for young people to goof off. Then obama used youtube/etc to reach young people and then the lgbt/news/media/leftists went crazy on social media paving the way for Trump - which strangely became a problem. Before Trump arrived, politicians/lgbt/news/media/leftists destroying teens mental health was celebrated on social media/internet.
Of course nobody in the senate or government cares one lick about teens' mental health. They are only interested in better controlling social media to destroy teens' mental health for their own agenda.
I've advocated for social media to ban all politics and news. Lets see how that affects people's mental health. Or better yet, remove all politics and news from their recommendations or frontpage. Instead, social media/tech run "get out the vote" campaigns, lift "authoritative" voices and inject politics/news into everyone's lives.
> The fact that people exist who actually blame Obama
I don't blame Obama. I supported him. My point isn't that Obama is the problem, my point is that politics is the problem.
> should be proof enough that our society was mentally ill far before social media.
That's the point. Politics was toxic and has always been. Politics, the source of toxicity, got injected into social media starting with Obama. Then the lgbt/news/leftists ran with it and injected more toxicity. Which led to an opportunist like Trump taking advantage and injecting even more toxicity.
Once again, politics is the toxic agent that is hurting people on social media. Not social media itself.
Before Obama, the internet and social media was place for young people to goof off. Then obama used youtube/etc to reach young people and then the lgbt/news/media/leftists went crazy on social media paving the way for Trump - which strangely became a problem. Before Trump arrived, politicians/lgbt/news/media/leftists destroying teens mental health was celebrated on social media/internet.
Of course nobody in the senate or government cares one lick about teens' mental health. They are only interested in better controlling social media to destroy teens' mental health for their own agenda.
I've advocated for social media to ban all politics and news. Lets see how that affects people's mental health. Or better yet, remove all politics and news from their recommendations or frontpage. Instead, social media/tech run "get out the vote" campaigns, lift "authoritative" voices and inject politics/news into everyone's lives.