alt Hacker NewsSocial media still connects real humans to real humans (sure often badly and trying to profit from it at the expense of users). This however takes the other human out and plugs you into itself, which is a simulated average of humans based on their work taken without consent
No it doesn't[1], except perhaps by turning a bunch of thoughful humans into an online mob. Social media amplifies humanity's worst impulses for clicks. The connection part is purely incidental and is going away now that AI can just generate whatever 30s conspiracy theory video you want to watch instead of having a person do it.