Are people nowadays not capable of moderation? Purely
anecdotally, but I mostly see older generations being the
ones that hop off. Is it because they didn’t grow up with
this kinda of social media and can’t seem to balance what
is a perfectly fine way to interact with friends and stay
updated without pulling a cold turkey on it?
95% of the people I see on the subway every day are glued to their smartphones without interruption the moment they enter the carriage until they leave. And around 80% of the time I get a glimpse of the screen of those it's facebook/instagram/snapchat/<insert your social network of choice>. This is somehow independent of age. So moderation? Balance? Probably depends on the definition. If you were a regular user since 2005 and leave now, it does not make any
difference anymore. The collected data about you is enough to interpolate
your profile for the next decades.
Does it really matter if you have been on facebook at all? Even if you never
joined, people upload their addressbooks with all of their contacts, they
upload pictures of people never been on facebook and tag them (and share other
information about everyone, which facebook probably is able to use as well). So
essentially facebook builds your social graph no matter if you have ever been a
member or not.
https://github.com/dawsers/scroll
niri concept implemented in sway.