

Social media also allows people who would be isolated or in echo chambers in IRL friend and community groups to be exposed to diverse people and viewpoints. It’s a double edged sword. For me personally, I know the Internet was crucial in getting me out of my IRL bubble as a young adolescent
It was similar for me as an LGBT+ person. Ironically, my internet was censored, but I found out about trans people through Scratch (.mit.edu) at the age of 13. Also found lots of YouTube videos that were helpful to me as an agnostic atheist surrounded by religious people.