We found an interaction on social media last week worth noting.

As the Sun-Gazette reported in Tuesday’s edition — and also shared on social media platforms — firefighters rescued a woman from a housefire on Race Street in the early hours of Monday.

When the Sun-Gazette shared the news on Facebook, the first comment was from the woman in question, who eloquently thank firefighters, saying “I owe my life to every single one of those responders who so effortlessly put their lives at risk to save me.”

The Facebook account for the firefighters’ union local responded that they are thankful she’s alive and well.

The exchange caught our attention because we often hear the complaints and fears that social media is driving divisiveness and acrimony.

We can’t deny that often, it certainly seems to.

But we also have to address an underlying fact — a social media account or social media platform — like a car or a gun — is a tool.

What we do with the tools we have, whether they be the firearms we have a constitutionally-protected right to own, or a social media account, is a reflection on us, both as individuals and as a society.

We hope that, both as individuals and as communities, we can reflect on this and, more importantly, we hope everyone can strive to do better — to be less divided and divisive, to demonstrate the kindness we wish our neighbors to show us and to use our tools, talents and time to build our communities into what we believe the vast majority of our readers truly want — places where families can be safe, can work hard and succeed and can teach the next generation the values that make the best parts of our lives possible.