Unlike most other businesses on Earth that live and die by their customers’ demands, social media services are caught trying to satisfy both their users and the people actually paying for it all: investors and advertisers.

Maybe it’s not death but transformation? We may end up with a different sort of social media that is more focused on users’ needs and wants, but one that we may also pay for. (If so, we as a society must then find a way to include all those into our communication system who can’t afford the price, as taking part in digital communication should be seen as a human right imho, maybe even as a common good like fresh air and water.)