Depression rates among youth were declining until they began sharply increasing around 2012 when smartphones (with their on-device social media apps) began to become popular.
brendoelfrendo · 18h ago
That's some great correlation, but does not imply causation. The study helps firm up the causal link, but your "makes sense" implies that the causation is intuitive but I don't think it is.
DyslexicAtheist · 18h ago
Social media use increases depression. Period.
chneu · 17h ago
Yuppers. Social media makes us compare each other to the best versions of people online.
It really helps me to remember that everything online is a version or product of what that person/company wants you to see. It isn't real.
brocklobsta · 18h ago
Yeah agreed. One of the first things I do when I start feeling blue is to stop using social media and go camping.
Depression rates among youth were declining until they began sharply increasing around 2012 when smartphones (with their on-device social media apps) began to become popular.
It really helps me to remember that everything online is a version or product of what that person/company wants you to see. It isn't real.