A better question is how you use or create an alternative to X without becoming X in the long run. Facebook is kings because of its market share which is why p

A better question is how you use or create an alternative to X without becoming X in the long run. Facebook is kings because of its market share which is why people use it. There are ways of communicating with a close group of friends that don’t involve social media but for people who want to keep in touch with a large social circle there is really no alternative. And far as the gmail replacement goes then it’s by far the easiest thing to find an alternative for and also probably the least important one. I have a feeling that people who rely heavily on emails to stay in touch also probably don’t use social media so Facebook isn’t an issue for them. However the problem is that due social pressure it’s a most impossible to drop from a platform without having it affecting your relationships. Sure people switch as groups and slowly migrate from one platform to another but overall trying to drop X for Y tends result in you using both or quickly switching back.