The devil is always in the details. Deciding who pays to host new platforms, who gets to gatekeep content, etc ad nauseum, would likely sink any such effort.

The devil is always in the details. Deciding who pays to host new platforms, who gets to gatekeep content, etc ad nauseum, would likely sink any such effort. Frankly, that seems like a long way to go for what is effectively twitlonger. If you buy the premise that Twitter is effective at amplifying the right voices (very much still up for debate), and the problem is the interface for long-form content, then it seems to need a much simpler UX fix rather than trying to invent a separate-but-joined platform from whole cloth.