I think the concept of things like facebook and twitter is fundamentally opposed to the way that humans normally interact. When I was growing up, we sent out a

I think the concept of things like facebook and twitter is fundamentally opposed to the way that humans normally interact. When I was growing up, we sent out a christmas letter once a year to everyone we knew. That comprised of family (near and far), local friends (each parent had like 3, and I had a couple), and longterm close friends (each parent had two). Basically everyone in my whole family did this, and everyone I knew did this too. This is an analogy for what facebook is to most people, but twisted. Twitter is more of a "stand on your soapbox and scream and the passersby". Both of these services are something that, before the open internet of 2010-now, people did once or twice a year and maybe 5 times in their life (respectively) unless they are activists or politicians. Meanwhile, gossiping with your friends at a lunchtable at school or work is as old as time, and the "cozy web" feels like this. TLDR facebook and twitter are communication methods that are unnatural for the standard human to use more than once or twice a year.