Is social media really to be "trusted?" If we go by the old "There is no such thing as a free lunch" principle, my answer would be NO. Some company comes along and offers you free social, free messaging, free groups, free photo albums, free video... clearly, they are not running a server farm the size of Rhode Island on thin air, so they are taking something from you.

Long before any of this came up (as in, 10 years ago), I told anyone who cared to listen that if you don't want to be "publicly traded property" DON'T be on social media!

I do like the idea of blockchain technology, though. At least all the asshattery will be documented. Of course... the more blockchain tech becomes an everyday concept, the more it will be subject to people trying to cause a disruption.