Nuclear option: reforming social media may entail abandoning it
The past two years have resembled an especially bad hangover for the social media industry. For so long, it threw the most popular parties and was showered with praise for its many supposed contributions to society. But in late 2016, the party abruptly ended. Rumpled and groggy, social media awoke to a flat strewn with the remnants of revelries past. Guests accused their host of crimes it didn’t remember committing, and, worse still, of violating their trust. They threatened not to attend future parties if things didn’t change.…
