The ultimate goal should be to find a safe middle. I have severe social anxiety which worsened during the pandemic, and social sites are a lifeline for me. If it wasn’t for Reddit (RIP), online games, and Discord, I’m pretty sure I would have driven my long-suffering wife crazy several times over. In fact, joining a local game store discord led me to actually going out and playing M:TG face-to-face for the first time in over a decade.

Like anything else, if used responsibly, social media can be a benefit.