The article has no data. Here’s an article with data which says young people are the most frequent users of social media

http://www.pewinternet.org/2018/03/01/social-media-use-in-20...

The article isn't about the current situation, but about the possible response to it, right?

Bull. They might not use public social media quite so much, or demand end-to-end encryption. But social media is here to stay.

"is here to stay" because what?

Most of my friends loathe social media and only use it in fear that if they don’t, they might be less attractive to potential employers..

Maybe that's something that marketing people, SEO optimzers and PR people should have.

At least for me having Github page, Jypyter notebook, Goodreads profile or something similar and no FB or Twitter profile sends a positive signal.

How does that work? Github style contributions, LinkedIn profiles, or some sort of activity trail of planning dinner with friends on FB?

Most of them are in creative careers or advertising.

Besides the likes of LinkedIn, what do you mean?

Is "Show us your Facebook Twitter Reddit" still a thing? Yes, I am a bit under a rock.

LinkedIn is the exception, but I do my best to avoid all others corporate run due to the predatory practices against users.

LinkedIn isn't an exception either to predatory practicies.

One of the most shocking things I've witnessed my self is them scraping personal information from a google/YouTube profile and suggesting connections based on that data (I'm assuming they use some techniques to do so of you're signed into Google and LinkedIn in the same browser session)

A bunch of wishful thinking. Too many companies have too much to lose from the mobile market.

Isn't there a difference between the mobile market selling products and users investing time, energy and their persons on public online platforms?