> the data is first stored in a local "COMM Buffer" and then the system will handle the actual transmission transparently. People younger than me may want to r

> the data is first stored in a local "COMM Buffer" and then the system will handle the actual transmission transparently. People younger than me may want to read up on UUCP/NNTP/Fidonet systems, which did this. Ideal if you don't have FTL communications, or are just limited to a really slow phone line. > People get on social media to do things, maybe it's gather info, maybe it's to learn, maybe it's to make contact etc. Yes, exactly. There's this odd cognitive dissonance because people who make social networks are really into the process of "making a social network", but for everyone else it's a means to an end, and usually as part of a "community", however that ends up being defined. > Think about it this way: if you build a social media, then you WILL inherit all the problems of social media as well Yes - and those are not new. A certain segment of people are optimistic/privileged enough to not believe the problems are real until it's too late.