Comment by themafia

> There is no platform to show or compare or share.

That's the irony of social media to me. Thinking back to it's genesis I really thought of it as a way to connect "grandma" to the family and share pictures with her. At the time there weren't many great technical solutions for this and the average grandma was not technically capable enough to do much more than login and check facebook now and again.

Once the fundamental problem got solved the tone and scope of social media slowly changed as the networks lost users and struggled to maintain a high MAUs to shove ads into the face of.

> The people really important and close to you will either call you or meet you for a meal.

Which is easier now than it ever has been.