I disagree, I think the #1 problem with the people who run giant companies is they conspire with elected officials and others in the ruling class to keep and ho

I disagree, I think the #1 problem with the people who run giant companies is they conspire with elected officials and others in the ruling class to keep and horde wealth and power over others. One of the major problems with social networks is zero due process, and clearly corporate backed networks manipulate and censor their users in pursuit of the above (e.g., see Twitter Files), but lack of fairness is not unique to corporations. Moderators who are drawn to the role "out of the goodness of their hearts" are among the most vicious, petty, vindictive, capricious, hypocritical, narcissistic, and unjust arbiters I've ever encountered. They also are the best of the best, but those ones are few and far between, and many tend to burn out as communities grow whereas the former type are a dime a dozen and thrive in the role. This is the main reason why I'm not all that hopeful for mastodon or not-corporate social networks.