I think social media tends towards a monopoly, just like the old telephone companies did. You pick the same one as your friends did. When one company has more connections than the others, it becomes the natural choice. So, I look at FB to see what my friends are doing, because that’s where they are, and I guess they are doing the same.
What would the solution be? I would like to see some vanilla version where we can see each other’s posts, but without the creepy friendship videos, the unsolicited anti-Europe propaganda, and stuff like that. However, unless you can get a huge army to police it, but without the FB budget, then it will be a Wild Wild West trolley-Town, with memes and fake news running around the world while the truth is getting its boots on.
People should learn that every fantastic fact from the internet is probably false, and they should check the sources where they can. But tabloid newspapers still sell, so that’s not about to happen.
