It seems that everybody understands that Facebook/Twitter/etc have to change or go away in order for this to happen. I'm personally in favour of making social n

It seems that everybody understands that Facebook/Twitter/etc have to change or go away in order for this to happen. I'm personally in favour of making social networks just things for people who know each other talk to each other. Maybe a physical proximity thing too. That's a crushing blow to free speech but I think this experiment has clearly shown what happens when you encourage idiots (of all political views!) to mix with like-minded simpletons. They don't reason with each other, they degrade into lynch mobs, and they're scarily easy to manipulate. So yes, when —not if— the revolution comes, it'll be nice to see independent thought being fostered out onto the wild internet with Frontpage 2030, and I won't get some algorithm mixing "POTATOES ARE RACIST TRACKING BEACONS" posts in with updates from my family.