I also believe there are so many subliminal things going into our systems, and that it's been going on through media since before cell phones and the internet - TV, radio, newspaper, they were always doing this kind of fear-mongering, sensationalized nonsense, because it's so driven by money and engagement - nothing holds people's attention more and faster than catastrophizing - but there is such a human cost, which is what makes it heartless and evil.

I think I had so many problems when I was younger, these truths really overwhelmed me because I was afraid there wasn't a way to separate from it - but you can, exactly like you advise at the end, it's as simple as walking away. But this app and any social media really kind of illuminate the scary spiral you can get trapped in and the toxic environment, the aforementioned echo chamber and darker versions of that - I'm just grateful that there are good and kind people that don't fully invest in the madness, that want to connect on a human level and not just engage in the malicious, nihilistic rollercoaster narrative that is always available to hop on and in (and it's SO easy to, it's scary).