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Sadly I can't foresee a future where social media isn't a dominant force. Like what could possibly displace it at this point? Only dismantling GAFAM could make it work.
Yes I am aware of the irony of posting this comment on social media.
We'll surely invent something even worse ;-)
It's already here: social media where the "society" we're interacting with is mostly AI bots rather than other real human beings.
When you remove the biggest company, the second biggest company becomes the biggest company. At the end of the day, nothing has changed