Maybe we should start calling it social-anxiety media.
Over the last few weeks, Tom Holland left social media in an effort to preserve his "mental health"; Jonah Hill announced that, in an effort to cope with his anxiety, he will no longer do public-facing events, including social media; and Florence Pugh, who had no problem taking down those who found her nipple-revealing Valentino objectionable, revealed that she and Zach Braff have been broken up for a while now but she didn't want to make that public because she couldn't bear the gleeful responses … on social media.
In many ways, the new trend of "quiet quitting" began on social media. People famous and non- delete their apps every day, with or without grand announcements, and for all sorts of reasons: trolls, boredom, time-management issues, misinformation and calls for violence — and, quite often, personal anxiety.
