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But there's also situations like Israel genociding Palestine where if there wasn't a social media platform for footage to spread on a lot more people would probably be pro-Israel (right now Israel is extremely unpopular at my university because of the genocide and this is even one in Texas). Regarding social connections in real life though those have definitely taken a toll.
You both have a point, but I think there's something inherently alienating about social media interaction that means that whatever development of empathy or just social cohesion in general is very different, qualitatively, from the more "organic" ways that a young person would construct their sense of belonging in the social fabric. Just consider how different it is to talk over text compared to having a conversation in the real world. IRL you're a lot slower to lose your temper at someone because you're grounded in having their reaction and their body language to bounce off of, there's a connection and a level of commonality that just comes inherently from the way in which you're conversing. In contrast, online, I will literally go from 0-100 and hit someone with a because their vibes were off. On the opposite end of the spectrum, you can often just not engage with something that makes you uneasy online, but in person if someone confronts you with an uncomfortable truth you have to actually engage with it. I can't imagine that the latter environment leads to the same type of empathy and sense of social responsibility as the former.