What is the specific point? That ownership of content implies slow production? What if a social media network established a contractor relationship with each user, and paid them for their content at a rate of, say, one cent per million posts, with a maximum of one hundred billable posts per day?
The content would be coming thick and fast, the company would have more standing to enforce its terms of service, and you've dodged whatever moderation rules might apply to user-generated content, since it's all work-for-hire by our vast cadre of contractors.
I'm just not convinced that "traditional media own and produce their content" is indicative of anything particularly important, and just muddies the waters surrounding the actual problems at play.
The content would be coming thick and fast, the company would have more standing to enforce its terms of service, and you've dodged whatever moderation rules might apply to user-generated content, since it's all work-for-hire by our vast cadre of contractors.
I'm just not convinced that "traditional media own and produce their content" is indicative of anything particularly important, and just muddies the waters surrounding the actual problems at play.