Really, asking "what should replace Facebook" is putting things the wrong way around.
A more interesting way to ask the question is, "what did Facebook replace."
People used to build their own websites. People used to have blogs. People used USENET which was truly distributed and un-censorable.
Facebook and Google took the open internet and open standards and monetized and made everything crappy. Enough of that. Nothing should replace Facebook, it's done, stick a fork in it.
@hhardy01 Let's not be reductive.
Facebook works, regardless of whether you have tech abilities or disposable income.
Facebook centralises and logs communication in a way that IRC never did.
Facebook is accessible and convenient af. Any competitor has to match that.
Well back in the freenode days, I thought meetbot did a better job of logging and summarizing meetings than FB. We'd meet, everyone could usefully talk, and we'd get immediate minutes and action items.
I think FB has done a lot to lock people in. The interface is usable but it hasn't improved save incrementally.
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