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Is Social Media Really the Villain? Meta Says the Science Isn’t So Simple
For years now, social media has been cast as the main culprit behind rising mental health issues among teens and young adults. Anxiety? Blame Instagram. Loneliness? TikTok. Depression? Must be the algorithm. However, according to Meta, that story doesn’t actually align with the science. In a recent response to lawsuits and growing political pressure around teen social media bans, Meta pushed back hard on the idea that social platforms alone are responsible for youth mental he
1 day ago3 min read
What America Is Actually Doing Online in 2025 - And Why It Feels So Different Lately?
If you’ve spent any time on TikTok, Instagram Reels, or YouTube Shorts this year, you’ve probably felt it too: social media doesn’t feel like it did even three years ago. The way we scroll, the platforms we trust, the communities we hang out in, everything is shifting in real time. And we finally have numbers to prove it, thanks to the latest 2025 data from the Pew Research Center. The platforms we think are “dying” aren’t really dying… and the ones we think are “taking over
Nov 21, 20254 min read
When Everything Feels Fake, What’s the Point of Social Media - Age of AI Slop?
A photo of a young girl, her sick puppy, and a kind police officer went viral this week. A heartwarming moment that seemed to remind us what the internet used to be about: connection, empathy, stories that make you smile. Except… it wasn’t real. People quickly noticed something off: the car’s steering wheel was on the wrong side, there was no dashboard, and no record of the story anywhere online. It was another piece of AI-generated “slop,” a fake image designed purely to g
Oct 21, 20253 min read
The Next Era of Social Media Is Here - and Honestly, It’s Kind of a Mess
Over the past year, AI has started to flood our social feeds , thanks to massive pushes from tech giants like OpenAI, Meta, and TikTok. These companies are racing to reinvent how we create, share, and experience online content. But as impressive as the tech can be, this new world is getting messy - fast. The Great AI Feed Takeover OpenAI’s app Sora is one of the latest players shaking things up. It lets users generate entire videos from just a few words, and the results are
Oct 14, 20253 min read
Are We Even Talking to Humans Online Anymore (The Age of Bots)?
Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, recently had a realization that’s becoming harder to ignore: social media doesn’t feel human anymore....
Sep 12, 20252 min read
When Social Media Stopped Being Social. The End of an Era.
We all signed up for social media to connect. To share moments with friends, keep in touch, and maybe post the occasional embarrassing...
Aug 22, 20252 min read
Zuckerberg Thinks AI Can Cure Loneliness, But Can It?
In 2004, a college kid named Mark Zuckerberg launched something called Facebook . It started off as a simple campus tool to help students...
May 6, 20252 min read
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