> I mainly want to push back on the idea that we have to use social media to participate in some imaginary "global town square," or that we will miss something

> I mainly want to push back on the idea that we have to use social media to participate in some imaginary "global town square," or that we will miss something vitally important if we don't pay attention. We don't, and we won't. You've completely pivoted away from the thing that you were originally disagreeing with. Nobody was saying this in this thread.