Just when some people were writing it off as a fast-fading fad, Facebook has been forced into the forefront of our collective consciousness, first by being identified as the chief forum for the dissemination of fake news during a contentious election campaign, and then by enabling a psychopath to get right “in our faces” while engaged in committing a horrific and senseless crime.

Here’s something I couldn’t help wondering in regard to the latter episode, however.