I agree with the sentiment but my teen set up a couple of discord servers at the beginning of lockdown last year that allowed some of his far less technical pee

I agree with the sentiment but my teen set up a couple of discord servers at the beginning of lockdown last year that allowed some of his far less technical peers to keep in touch with him and a number of their peers when face to face wasn't possible. Even now, with some students in person for school and others remote Discord serves as their side channel for the little side comments that would normally happen in the back of the classroom. There is value in both forms of interaction.