There is Discord, Reddit, LinkedIn, Twitch, YouTube… I’d even count HN.
There a many people, possibly still the minority, but very solid amount of people way to invested in those
See those twitch donation whales, for example, the amount is big enough to have sparked a more than feasible business. I wouldn’t call that responsible.
Most of the internet is vying for your attention and asking you to spend more time on their site than the others.
To truly come up with meaningful solutions, we need to look at the entire problem. Otherwise we're just moving marbles around.
The social media platforms attract different demographics, because they fit in different niches.
The reason why people are drawn to Facebook, differs from 4chan.
On Instagram people want to be discovered and seen, creating and sharing art and take the credit for it.
While people go to 4chan to be anonymous, which generates questionable content.
I personally go on HN because the community is close to home, but why is that?
The rest is certainly social media.
The difference essentially,
Social media: broadcast a message, share news, showcase your stuff and get people to interact with it: Facebook, insta, tiktok, reddit, HN - not necessarily two-way
Social networking: engage in two-way communication with similar minded people