I’m also so glad my partner does not use social media. The last commenter is correct; social media has absolutely destroyed women and their mental health, far worse than men. Many of them are incredibly addicted to it, much more severely than any men accused of being addicted to porn or gambling or other such things.

If I were dating now I’d work very hard to find a woman who does not use social media, or uses it for less than an hour or two a week. Otherwise they are probably too far gone to save. Especially for women, social media reminds me of the Blight in A Fire Upon the Deep – a near-omniscient alien intelligence that effortlessly enslaves entire worlds and civilizations. It has been incredibly sad to see this occur.

(And yes, I recognize that Reddit is a form of social media — but it does not appear to be nearly as toxic and cognitively hazardous as those such as Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and the like.)