When I was in that age bracket it was not having a Myspace that was socially isolating. A few years ago (I'd estimate 2009 to early 2013) it was Facebook within

When I was in that age bracket it was not having a Myspace that was socially isolating. A few years ago (I'd estimate 2009 to early 2013) it was Facebook within the later half. Having just clicked the WSJ link. The graph shows "Fall 2012" is the fall off of Facebook which lines up with my memory. Either way, my broader point was "social media being 'optional' doesn't really mean it is 'optional'". You can opt out - but there is a tradeoff that not everyone is willing to make. As for indoctrination - I'm far more concerned with 18-25 year olds who have the ability to vote being indoctrinated into a certain mindset than 13-17 year olds. (E: You know what, on a second visit to my post both are equally bad as the 13-17 will be able to vote "soon" too.) ps: Twitter has a similar issue. They suppress and attempt to censor trending hashtags (preventing them from autocompleting) that go against their political standings.