Quite the thought, isn't it? How can one possibly imagine being online and on the other side of the screen, behind just another username to be talking to the man himself? Quite the thought indeed.
In any case, irrespective of potential social media presence or absence, I think it's pretty safe to assume that the vast majority of people here, on this good ole' message board and well beyond it, would have loved to have Michael still around.
For the ones focused on his craft, hearing those awesome new tunes in their finished version would have been quite the gift, while for those of us with a more general outlook, it would have been great to just know that he was well, safe and immensely happy, as he deserved to be after all the heartache the world put him through.