"What? Who me?"

Is that your take on it? Because no, that doesn’t solve the problem.

But, yeah, if one doesn't like it, they should leave it.

Years and years ago, I asked my son (a computer security expert) if he would help me go thru the process of getting on facebook.
He flat out refused, and told me not to do it under any circumstances. He said their lack of security was atrocious and would get worse as time moved on. Also, he said the whole true purpose was to "mine" information for Zuck to use and sell to others about all the individuals on the site.......

I guess he was right.

and nothing since has persuaded me otherwise

it is disturbing how many people have been sucked into the FB Borg

Leave it, yes. But she has a point calling it out as the cesspool of hate and stupidity it is.

a platform for hate and misinformation.

Your response is a bit about like "America, love it or leave it." It doesn't admit the most important part of free communication - discussions and disagreements and understanding. My way or the highway.

FuckBase could do a lot more to control/segregate/flag content than it does.

They were a instrument for the Russians to attack our democracy. The Russians were even paying. Facebook had workers within trump's group. Workers within Cambridge Analytica. There's no difference with facebook and Snowden. Snowden is a traitor living in Russia.

Attacks will continue against others. Social media isn't going away. Billions of people around the world are not going to just "leave" Facebook, Twitter, et al.

but that's the way things used to be. Once FB and Twitter achieve total dominance, they aren't going anywhere soon. Remember about 20 years ago, we had multiple auction websites, now eBay is the only game in town. The same can also be said about digital wallets, like PayPal. Oh, there are some still trying (like what Apple's doing) but PayPal is still the big dog.

And everyone used Hotmail accounts.

just like trends in entertainment, old trends get stale and common, and new trends stir up excitement and replace them.

But every tech company is trying to anticipate new 'paradigms' and trying to get there before the others. Some of the newest will actually be spawn of the oldest.

on how easily something can be replaced. Yes, Hotmail accounts were in vogue twenty years ago, but they became spamboxes, and when other email providers came out with better spam filters, it was relatively painless to switch over. But, to do so, you'd have to let everyone know your new email address, and that's a hassle, especially for contacts who just don't get the message, or know how to make the change.

It's like that with social media accounts, leaving FB or Twitter means having to drag contacts over to a new platform, that may not be as familiar to use. Thus, the two of them become fixtures in society, and their dominance is more assured.

Think of how many people you know who still use AOL mail accounts. They're probably not going to follow you over to a new social media platform that they're not used to. And they're the oldest members of your family and friends, who you still want contact with.

I’m with Greta!

I don't do any of those.

I left FB some time ago; I hope Greta's call to action will spur more defections.

I can't think of any global entity that could handle this. Nationally or locally, perhaps.

The U.N. or other international organizations? Not in charter, no funding, no expertise, etc.
A benevolent international corporation? Don't know of any that aren't in the game to make money.
NGOs? Doubt it.

but it would take a massive investment and a lot of lawyers to deal with the freedom of speech issues.
If it was small scale it wouldn't do what people are looking for. I wish the answers were more simple.

Its main purpose is to sell you to those who want to buy you.

See: every Internet company, game publisher, etc.