IMO the problem wasn't with how social media was implemented, it just coincided with a culture shift to being always online that the world wasn't really ready f

IMO the problem wasn't with how social media was implemented, it just coincided with a culture shift to being always online that the world wasn't really ready for. These alternatives are fine (I'm a fan of mastodon myself) but I feel they don't really address the issues of the frayed social fabric we're currently experiencing in our societies. In other words: these platforms aren't encouraging dialogue, they simply accepted that we can't get along so they started these small clubs so we can all have our carefully curated echo chambers. So no, fixing social media isn't a low hanging fruit, not even close.