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tkubacki | 11 months ago

What are X/twitter alternatives ? I left twitter after recent Musk pro Russian statements.

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wstrange|11 months ago

BlueSky. Less algorithmic boosting and it allows you to curate your feed.

It's VC funded - so it remains to be seen how it evolves

davidw|11 months ago

I've been happy on BlueSky so far. It seems to be picking up a good variety of people, including journalists, and some interests of mine like cycling.

TomMasz|11 months ago

I'm crossing my fingers but history seems to be against them. You have to pay the piper at some point.

Narretz|11 months ago

Wdym with "curate your feed"? See only posts of people your follow? That's always been possible with Twitter.

herrherrmann|11 months ago

Mastodon (open/distributed/Wild West) and Bluesky (commercial/probably ending up like X at some point).

malshe|11 months ago

I switched to Bluesky a few months ago and very happy with that decision

AntonyGarand|11 months ago

Mastodon and Bluesky are the main ones as far as I'm aware

hocuspocus|11 months ago

Bluesky is not bad if you're interested in tech and science.

kylehotchkiss|11 months ago

Those are the only two things I really wanted in a twitter replacement so I’ve been happy with it

hello_moto|11 months ago

Non-US govt and municipals are moving to bluesky

darthrupert|11 months ago

Mastodon is the real alternative, but many people seem to be converging at bluesky. Which is fundamentally not much better.

empath75|11 months ago

Bluesky is where the sane people seem to have gone.. there was a split between that and threads, but threads is dying off.

hocuspocus|11 months ago

I don't think Threads is dying, I believe Meta's numbers are actually quite good.

But the content pushed by its engagement algorithm makes the experience pretty far from what I'd expect from a serious Twitter alternative, even after several apparent tweaks. It could be a good platform for brands and celebrities though.

pacomerh|11 months ago

For me it began when he started suspending journalists or anyone who criticized him (so much for pro-free speech), lying about almost everything and still every day. He also started siding with racist commenters and white supremacists. And if that wasn't enough, the whole salute thing was disgusting and absolutely irresponsible. So yeah his pro Russian statements don't surprise me at all.

ceejayoz|11 months ago

Bluesky, Threads, Mastodon...