Perhaps I was too willing to look at things as set in stone when I put forth my argument. The way I see it (which echoes what someone else — maybe you? — said in a different thread), if they're only thinking about changing things now, after such a massive and extensively-publicized cock-up, things are already too bad. I don't think there's coming back from that. Even if Facebook is revived, they aren't going to be the same thing they used to be... right? Then I look at Reddit. I'd read the comment section on every one of the big, publicized Reddit derbies (remember "chairman Pao" and the Ellen Pao-Hitler memes?), where people swore off the platform en masse. 2+ years later, and Reddit's still alive and kicking. Voat's been getting enough of a sunlight that I occasionally see GIFs watermarked with the... whatever Voat's subreddit equivalent are, but it's not nearly as big (and, as Wikipedia says, full of alt-right member et al.). So, the way I (so narrowly) see it: what does Reddit have that led to it staying afloat, and does Facebook have the same quality to it? (I remember reading about how Facebook is very important in South-East Asia (Phillipines?) because for many people it's the only way to keep in touch with their families back home when they leave to other countries to look for work. That seems like a decent factor for it to stay afloat)it's whether or not Facebook is agile enough to change.