> If there's no way to turn a profit then why would someone pay for it to be setup? If it is generally useful to society but unprofitable to provide, isn’t tha

> If there's no way to turn a profit then why would someone pay for it to be setup? If it is generally useful to society but unprofitable to provide, isn’t that the category of things that the government should fund and operate like a utility? That said, I don’t think the government should be in the business of running social networks. But at the same time I didn’t think China would get so much more right about the Internet than we have.