@pluralistic "Corporate Social Media" is just "Corporate Media" nothing else. As you said the social component is not wanted as it doesn't generate dollars.

With the rise of AI even the last human element - the content creators - have been replaced.

I strongly believe that social media/web/connections can only truly exist when people - not corporations - with the interest in it own and host it. Like the discussion boards of the past or the fediverse of now. .

Hey @pluralistic if you haven't seen @terminaltilt 's framing (above):

The "cloud" is just a landlord for your data.