The title is the only mention of the word myth?

It seems to me a great deal of the article remains shallow and im unconvinced. Pointing out there's been social scares many decades ago, decades apart, and trying to conflate this to being a hoax doesnt jive with me.

I think social media is HELPING the social crisis. Certainly not causing. The crisis predates social media. covid only exacerbated.

The actual problem derives heavily from very popular government policies that had the unintended consequences of greatly reducing in person social interaction.

The people who ignored government, they are still happy and not lonely. Everyone else well I recommend betterhelp for mental health problems.

Seems the article is about discounting the issue simply by redefining the word "friend".