You haven’t paid much attention to the internet if you still think that allowing people a worldwide platform doesn’t have inevitable downsides.

The internet is the same as the other mass media when it was newly invented. The printing press didn’t change how people were, it just allowed them to reach wider audiences. Without the printing press, Martin Luther is just a guy. Without Twitter, Trump is also just a guy.

Facebook does connect people. Billions of people log in every day to see what their friends and family are up to. You might find that far fetched because you don’t know anyone who does, but that’s just your bubble.

The issue with Facebook is that making communication free has consequences. Those consequences are what Facebook gets blamed for. But this would happen regardless because it’s a direct consequence of the internet making communication free.

“see what their friends and family are up to” isn’t actually connecting with people.

I can see what some people are up to by watching reality TV, but that’s not connecting with them.

How about you let people connect how they want to, and you connect how you want to? You don’t need to tell us if these billions of people are living up to your standards. They just need to live up to theirs.

Wanting doesn’t make it so.

The issue is Facebook is built on people wanting to connect with others and Facebook is actively preventing this. Lonely people simply make better customers.