We (the internet community) made such a terrible mistake with so
We(theinternetcommunity)madesuchaterriblemistakewithsocialmedia.WeformedconnectionsandcommunitiesandfriendshipsonsiteslikeFacebookandTwitterandReddit,butthosecompaniesneedtomakemoney,sothoseconnectionsareonlyallowedtoexistaslongastheyarepartofaprofitablesystem.Howawfulitistoreducehumanconnectiontothat.TothinkthatIamonlyallowedtomaintaincertainsocialconnectionsaslongastheycontinuetoproducemonetaryvalueforanintermediary.Anawful,awfulmistake.https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36348134