It’s the use-case, not the model. I find that my kids are empowered by the ability to communicate with their friends on their own.

However, I’ve given them all the #dataprivacy speech, and have gotten them to use a nostr:npub1n03pvydrg9pxay2xy479g9u7ytgh3wmagyrwy37a70js0ductf4sudh0ky group and the stories feature there for sharing.

We need sociability, and tech provides that. We don’t need the algorithms, central control, and manipulation that “social media” provides. (Though I would start to make distinctions between “being Social ON media” or specific centralized “social media.