but it's commonly accepted that social media platforms

Really commonly accepted is the bar we are using now? A lot of things are commonly accepted, that don't make it true.

Ask around, how many people think wolves have an alpha male leader? It's commonly accepted but studies have shown wolves actually don't. It's parents.

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I grew up in the military and moved around A LOT and interacted with other military families from all over the world which gave me a great deal more exposure to people throughout the 1970s until today.

Irrelevant.

For you to know about a "crazy fucking events" you would have to talk to someone who talked to someone who talked to someone and so on until you reach someone who witnessed it. You eventually reach patient zero.

All social media needs is a phone and internet.

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Here's something for you to ponder about.

A lot of crazy things you see online is actually assault, robbery and larceny and so on.

It is documented that 80s and 90s had higher of those than right now.

Things are actually safer right now than the 90s atleast on federal level.

Imagine if we had the same prevalence of security cameras, ring cameras and pocket cameras to document that and show it to the world.

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People have studied it.

Now you are speaking my language. I know about Instagram and it causing depression and impact on mental health.

Would love for you to back up your specific claim about people getting more self absorbed due to social media.