I think another part of the problem is that that social media feed is ultimately still alienating.

There's a world of difference between bonding with friend over how stupid and mean other kids are, blowing up your back yard together and laughing about it that night and the tiktok world of just getting angry over a constant stream of other alienated people screaming into the void.

Without the companionship you never really get catharsis, just an endless cycle of building up rage and furthering your own sense of alienation.