I wrote about what is going on today with FaceBook and many other social media sites long ago. Market-driven social media platforms end up becoming destructive

I wrote about what is going on today with FaceBook and many other social media sites long ago. Market-driven social media platforms end up becoming destructive in behavior on their user base over time because profit demand from investors grows over time driving bad practices. Tom from Myspace really had the concept right. There's no reason why he shouldn't be on CNN right now speaking about what is going on as an informed consultant. They may possibly be covertly cleaning up obviously harmful content and evidence behind the curtains now that they are closed. Just speculation/opinion, not proven fact in any way though... Many sites and apps on the Internet also rely on FaceBook for authentication and analytical tracking, so that may explain some cases of service and site outages, but all social media sites operate under the same cloud of non-transparent and profit driven mystery. Congress is overdue in protecting citizens from psychological, financial, and emotional manipulation, but first they need THE RIGHT people educating them about how to recognize the underlying issues in modern IT and algorithms. This is a major point in the Internet's history, a point where everything may change. I wrote about today's revelations a while back (in 2017) and many times in other ways since ( http://circuitbored.com/communicate/ http://circuitbored.com/communicate/ ) - Preparing for the GIANT "Unplug": http://circuitbored.com/communicate/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=23 http://circuitbored.com/communicate/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=23