I like being in my story posts, it builds social proof.
But I totally agree, social media is destructive and inflates women's egos. But The thirsty guys on ig and snap etc, only make the don juan types that much more appealing as they don't like and obsess over women's attention grabs.
Social media, like hypergamy, isn't going anywhere. If we learn the game early though, we can use it to our advantage.
I don't think just because there are thirsty guys on social media that it benefits guys like us on these forums.
When women see a bunch of thirsty guys like that,
some women put up guards around
ALL men (because of the thirsty guys they feel like they are being stalked; harassed; etc etc). So then you've got a combination of a big ego + a woman guarding herself from all men; regardless if they are thirsty or not because she's seen large amounts of thirsty men going after her. Deadly combination. And because these women have a big ego (because of all the attention she gets via social media) and the guard that she now has up (because she now perceives most men as thirsty) she basically is more difficult to approach, and feels no need to even bother with guys at all. I don't see any benefits here, but this is just my opinion. You might see this differently, this is just the way I see it.
The fact that there are thirsty guys doesn't really give us the upper hand
IN MY OPINION besides the fact that you can learn from them what to do and what not to do.