Your goal using a social media platform is to get the most usefulness out of it in the least amount of time. Their goal (with very large $$$ incentive) is that

Your goal using a social media platform is to get the most usefulness out of it in the least amount of time. Their goal (with very large $$$ incentive) is that you spend the maximum amount of time on the platform (so that they can show you the maximum amount of ads) Those 2 goals are at odds, in a relationship where the balance of power is very much in favour of the platforms, who deploy adversarial methods to maximise "engagement". At some point, something has to give. Namely our collective mental health.