I think whether you think Facebook is net public good or net public bad depends mostly on whether or not you belong to one or more good secret groups. The non-secret value prop of FB is borderline.
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there are no good modern forums. Discourse seemed like it was getting there, but I don't think it has the legs to serve as a real FB substitute. And the minimum feature threshold now is quite high. Usenet UX won't cut it.

