Social media company executives frequently compare their platforms to a «town square», with notable examples including Elon Musk discussing Twitter/X, Steve Huffman of Reddit, and Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook. However, this analogy is deeply flawed. A genuine implementation of this concept would result in a social media platform that bears little resemblance to what we currently have.
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