Agree mostly. The problem is the trends all seem to favor short-form video and streaming now (I cannot express enough UGH but alas) and video is just the worst in every aspect for web development. Big files, big and fast storage needed, big content management tools, big applications to support it, big fat internet pipes to move it out, and none of that comes cheap. To make a social network that's going to ding the mainstream, you basically need VC money and a shit-ton of it at that.

Personally if I and the rest of people like me could just get a nice Facebook circa 2010 somewhere to chill on while the rest of the internet burns these sites down over and over on the altar of wanting to stream video, that'd be lovely.