I was this kid way back when. I was much better in online communities, otherwise I'd have been forced to co-exist with people who liked to kick me in the nuts for laughs.
Mathew Buck
Access to social media (Reddit, Discord, Twitch) at 15-16 genuinely helped my bullied kid go from “I am a dislikeable weirdo who will never make friends“ depression to finding a friend group of people with shared interests that’s had major knock-on positive effects to their offline confidence
