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@camwilson @erici
Statistics linking heavy social media use to increased depression, particularly among girls, are given as evidence of a causal relationship — these studies don’t address *why* those girls are spending so much time on social media in the 1st place. It’s “correlation is not causation” again — without understanding the reasons for the behaviour, the data cannot establish that social media use is the cause, rather than a symptom.