Online platforms facilitate antisocial, psychopathic behavior by removing the consequences for reputation savaging and social exclusion.

“the online landscape, I think facilitates female psychopathy very specifically because women when they're savaging one another, men do the same thing to each other, by the way, and men can play the same game women do.”

Social media is mentally damaging and distracts from being present in real life with family, necessitating taking a break from it.

“And then it just it just got I just I I was like, dude, I can't be present with my kids. Like I'm making mistakes. I'm saying things and you I just I had to pump the brakes and come off.”

He believes that the algorithm of social media platforms intentionally curates content to manipulate users and capture their attention.

“And all these factors have not been studied well. You know, there's been a few guys like Jonathan hate writing about it. A few scholars that are really attempting to like say, "Hey, what is the what's the sociological and what what are the what is the long-term consequences of this happening?"”

Social media creates a false sense of connection and triggers a loneliness epidemic by replacing authentic human interaction with a placebo.

“we are in this loneliness epidemic because what we're getting is a placebo of social connection from social media, from all all these apps and stuff like that.”

Social media platforms have essentially perfected the system of gamification to keep users engaged and tuned in as much as possible.

“they've just kind of perfected the the system and that's a little scary to us which i get but it's been happening since you know it's been happening for a minute”

Social media is not inherently harmful to youth as long as parents teach their children to think critically about the information they consume.

“you got gotta tell your kids the same [ __ ] and tell our [ __ ] old ass parents the same thing just because you see a video with a ticker at the bottom don't mean it's a legit new source”

The passive consumption of social media often creates unhealthy mental outcomes, whereas using platforms actively to learn or build community can be beneficial.

“if you use social media passively and you just look and consume it can be rather disheartening and make you unhappy but if you use it to form a community to learn from it to better yourself suddenly the social media may not have as bad of a health impact and can actually have a positive mental healt”

Zane claims that people should prioritize posting content without worrying about external judgment because others are not truly focused on them.

“nobody cares about what you're doing or or what videos you're posting and every there's there's just so much stuff out there just just post it or just just do it do it just do it because in the end of the day nobody gives a [ __ ] no one's really thinking about you”

He believes social media is not inherently good or bad, but its impact depends on whether it is used to foster meaningful connections rather than passive consumption.

“the research that we've done suggests that it's not all good or all bad. I think how you're using the technology has a big impact on whether it is basically a positive experience for you.”