tl;dr That some people are forced to use it in order to have a social life. I was talking to my friends about social media, and how it can be bad for some peop

tl;dr That some people are forced to use it in order to have a social life. I was talking to my friends about social media, and how it can be bad for some people. I said, "Ok, all they have to do is turn it off". The response was general outrage, and it was pointed out that I already have my social circle and if I don't use Facebook then it is not as if that goes away. But for many people, if they are not on Facebook / Instagram / Snapchat / whatever, then they lose access to friends. Picture kids in high school who don't talk to each other in-between classes and coordinate everything via a social platform. So it is bad that some people can't just "stop using it" because if they do then they'll be left out of activities.