Comment by parineum

I get where you and parent are coming from. It's social in the way that anti-social behavior is social.

The content is generated by users but the consumer of the content is served whatever user content drives engagement. People aren't really having conversations on these platforms.

The only places where you can really have a conversation are places where engagement is low enough that the odds off a set very high engagement comments can't shove everything else down the page.