I've been telling anyone who will listen that we need a public social media platform funded by just such a mechanism, akin to similar institutions like copyrigh

I've been telling anyone who will listen that we need a public social media platform funded by just such a mechanism, akin to similar institutions like copyright registration and the postal service. Innovation could occur on top of what is a very simple data model and doesn't need the free market to stay relevant. Our public institutions are what we make of them. If we despise and distrust them they will wither and die. If we encourage and support them they will flourish and we will all prosper together. No man is an island!