11.00-11.45 (Circle 4) - Are Social Networks Still Social? Rethinking Digital Communities

Social media was supposed to connect us. Instead, it increasingly feels polluted by misinformation, rage bait, performative content, and dynamics that are bad for our mental health. Many people are disengaging on purpose, spending less time on public platforms or retreating into private spaces, while new models of digital communities are quietly emerging elsewhere. In this session, we’ll have an honest conversation about what went wrong, why trust has collapsed, and whether we are witnessing the decline of social media as we know it or the beginning of something better. Will we go back to the old platforms, or are we moving toward new forms of digital connection altogether?