I worked for many years as a high school teacher. I have heard many arguments trying to place the blame for poor academic outcomes in younger generations on poor teachers. I left the field because the impossibility of the expectations being placed upon me finally caused me to burn out. The story was that every year, at the end of the school year, I would basically hibernate for from two weeks to a month. No socializing, no hard work, nothing. It was an intensive staycation after a marathon sprint.
The existence of this break made it possible to endure the insane working conditions endured by teachers - until at a certain point it no longer did.
I think that social media is being treated much the same way teachers are sometimes treated. The person or thing trying to solve the problem is being blamed for the problem.
People go to social media to do the type of socializing they can’t do in the real world.
The real question is why aren’t we socializing in the real world?
I have come upon my own answer to this question, but I know better than to post it on social media. But I am among those who are hopeful that at some point the underlying issue whose symptoms are being made broadly visible on social media platforms will at a certain point provoke a more sensible solution.