Yesterday I ranted, that I did not want any more social networks. It was a lie. I would be delighted if a better platform emerged, that was not driven by advertising and raw capitalism, but rather by our human desire to connect, and stay in touch. I’ve joined a few attempts at this, and honestly, I can’t even remember the names of them. Because nothing happened there. My posts were ignored, much as they were on Twitter. I don’t pretend to have anything particularly brilliant to say, but at least in FB, I experience some quality interaction. Many of my real friends are there, amongst my FB friends. Some I don’t really know well, but all I find interesting. I’ve curated my friends list fairly carefully, since 2007. I pass on friend requests that seem dubious, and block the occasional trumpy. I have no time for them. If there were some way to export my friends list from here and import them into a new platform that is less ruthless and more wise, I would do it. Maybe someone can write an app for that 
Doesn’t seem likely.
Anyway, I’m still here. All of this is temporary. But of all the social networks I have tried, FB is the most significant, for me. Because so many of my peers are there. As Twitter collapses, and the world turns, I wonder where we will gather in the digital space, in another 10 years.
