Comment by genrilz

There is plenty of research on social media outcomes. I've looked through some of it before by just searching semanticscholar.org, and the general consensus is that it has both positive and negative effects.

I don't want to have to do a literature review again, and sharing papers is hard because they are often paywalled unless you are associated with a university or are willing to pirate them.

Luckily, The American Psychological Association [0] has shared this nice health advisory [1] which goes into detail. The APA has stewarded psychology research and communicated it to the public in the US for a long time. They have a good track record.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Psychological_Associa...

[1]: https://www.apa.org/topics/social-media-internet/health-advi...