Several years ago, Facebook admitted to conducting a social experiement on a select group of users, in which they forced more negative content into those users' feeds to see if it caused depression or negative feelings. They used the tone/content of the selected group's comments and posts as a gauge to determine the results. I thought it was appalling.

Notwithstanding that, Facebook bombards users every day with fake news, non-targeted advertising, "suggestions" about other users they "might know," pages they "might like," and so forth, ad nauseum. I stopped using their site years ago and don't miss it, and feel immensely better for it on mental and emotional levels. The same with Instagram (which is really just an extension of Facebook, owned by them).

It isn't just social media that is triggering depression. I have also virtually boycotted "news" as well, both on television as well as online, and feel better for that, too. Mainstream religion falls into that same category, too, in my opinion, as do other things. We need to be more true to ourselves if we wish to reclaim our shreds of sanity.