Unfortunately, this shit is addictive and implying that the solution is _just_ for people to delete their account is effectively blaming the victim.

Some people never start smoking and never have a nicotine addiction problem. Some people smoke a few times or even occasionally but don't pick up a habit. Some people get addicted but manage to quit easily, some manage to quit after many attempts. Some can't quit ever, but we don't tell them that they just need to try harder or they shouldn't have started smoking in the first place.

Try quitting smoking or drinking in a place where it's socially expected to do one of these, and you'll be quite close to how difficult it's for someone to quit social media in a society where using social media is the social norm.

> for people to delete their account is effectively blaming the victim.

I think it's fair to describe social media as addicting, but it's not the same thing as a chemical addiction where one can experience physical dependency and withdrawals. "Just quit" really is a valid solution, the reality is that most people just prefer to complain about social media rather than accept that they are responsible for how they spend their time.

That might be a solution to you as an (i suspect) rational adult. But the article is about teens, who might have a number of reasons why they wouldn't "just quit".. peer pressure and so on. That in turn "starts" the addiction or problem. When they do become rational adults they are so immersed in and interconnected on that platform that losing it would still be a very difficult decision.