I thought about chiming in on that discussion, but the majority of people focus narrow-mindedly on commercial X/FB/Insta/TikTok competitors instead of available solutions (fediverse). It is a lost discussion from the get-go and OP even dismissed fediverse-solutions as not appealing enough for his grandma.

So instead of building a better place or improving on things, folks start having a wet dream of a big money grab with new ad infested services.