Modern social media is designed to be addictive. Addiction means the habit far outlives its usefulness, to the point where it's detrimental. Most human activiti

Modern social media is designed to be addictive. Addiction means the habit far outlives its usefulness, to the point where it's detrimental. Most human activities aren't like this. You can get addicted to just about anything, but a few things are way more common. Social media can also be used for good reasons like you described, and that's how I use it too. I still think it's a net negative on society, though. It's just too good at taking away human interaction and doesn't provide enough in return, the way most people are using it.