I thought this was a bit much (although I agree with her overall message): >The social media billionaires want us to believe their putrid platforms are the “ne

I thought this was a bit much (although I agree with her overall message): >The social media billionaires want us to believe their putrid platforms are the “new town squares.” That their half-baked social videos and for-you feeds have replaced the agora... Instead of humans talking and interacting with each other in the open air, we’re corralled like cattle by engagement metrics... Someone has to pay for IRL town squares: Pay for security to keep the square safe at night, encourage entertainers on the periphery, arrange for someone to clean up litter every day, etc. Digital public spaces are a distant second to those in real life. Paying to use the digital ones with our personal data and original "content" isn't as good a deal as it seemed initially...