Do you think social media is now becoming more a place for business than socializing, Could it be as a result of digitalization and things moving online or more people now starting business online because of need to somehow generate income or another source of income for self to survive the economic situations which is becoming tougher?
Social media has definitely become a lot more twisted in the last few years and it's very hard to distinguish peoples intentions these days. Sometimes they will take marketing to extremes, or try to push products on you while hiding that they make a commission from such advertising. There are so many manipulative tactics in use and it has become a fully fledged industry. It's also spawned into all the other areas like gamers or streamers in general. It's such a hard thing to police as well, in some countries everyone is legally required to disclose any sort of sponsorships involved but only a few people ever get prosecuted for hiding their incentives. A lot of the problem is lack of enforcement or good ideas to combat it from the platforms themselves.