I’d go further - it’s not just that we don’t need a way to ‘connect’ with people on a platform today (you can ping them in myriad ways). It’s that we don’t muc

I’d go further - it’s not just that we don’t need a way to ‘connect’ with people on a platform today (you can ping them in myriad ways). It’s that we don’t much want to anymore. The novelty of general-purpose social networking was twofold, in order depending on your circumstances at the time: - a new angle to seeking a mate - wow, a way to see what someone you don’t really know anymore is up to and say hi The former market opportunity is now filled by specialist apps. The latter, while it was fun for a while, and might still hold some prospect for thrills, is nothing to build a business around.