I've actually considered starting a Friendica or other instance exclusively for friends and family to share pictures and communicate, invite only...

... But even if I managed the insane technical aspects and convinced people to try it, I only fear the mainstream social media giants have already trained them to be their worst selves at this point. I can see the bickering drama threads now, eating up my gigabytes...

I just hate how fragmented and walled the most connected Internet ever is...I felt more connection when I had everyone between Yahoo and MSN Messengers, or took the time to check out friends' MySpace pages.