Absolutely. “Letters to the editor” is the best real-world analogy to social media. SM is not the telephone. It’s not the public square. It’s a company that you send content to, which in turn re-publishes, often after applying algorithmic curation (like a newspaper editor would for user generated letters).

People forget: none of these services are direct connections between one person and their audience like the telephone or public square. There are always three distinct steps: 1. You send content to them, 2. They analyze/curate, and 3. They publish it (or not) to the recipient(s). If you want a direct connection unencumbered by a company, choose a medium that works by establishing direct TCP connections between users.