I don't think social media is inherently problematic. Mastodon is a great example of social media being done right where the platform is driven by the community

I don't think social media is inherently problematic. Mastodon is a great example of social media being done right where the platform is driven by the community and avoids all the problems of corporate platforms like Fb and Twitter. The real problem is with social media being run by companies that monetize their users.