There is certainly a "what's the point" feel to the new sites. Most of them made a conscious decision to essentially copy the functionality of the old sites, mi

There is certainly a "what's the point" feel to the new sites. Most of them made a conscious decision to essentially copy the functionality of the old sites, minus what they consider the censorship and bias. However, what most of them don't offer, at least so far, is an innovation that compels people to use their product. Facebook offered innovations over MySpace -- it used smart algorithms to help discover friends and family quickly, and it initially targeted the elite college student market, at a time when MySpace seemed to cater more to musical bands than to the general public; it was expected you would search for your favorite artists. Whereas, it's burdensome to search for friends. Facebook also offered a cleaner design that was visually appealing and easy to navigate. Rumble is emerging as the primary alternative to Youtube out of a crowded field of dozens of video hosts including Bitchute, PeerTube, DTube, Odysey, Banned.Video, GunStreamer, etc. However, Rumble's UX is unappealing; they seem to have put little effort into niceties like keyboard shortcuts and comment management. You can't use the left and right arrows to jog the video back and forth, for example, though "f" does toggle full screen. [EDIT the "j" and "l" keys jump back and forward 10 seconds, and "t" toggles theater mode.] The comments can't be sorted by criteria; they simply are listed in chronological order. FrankSpeech is Mike Lindell's vlog platform; the only user interaction provided, so far, is Disqus comments following articles. MeWe has a visually appealing design but nothing to really differentiate it from Facebook. Facebook is better. Gettr is possibly the best-of-breed Twitter replacement, with decent UX across their mobile apps and web app, but they still have a lot of work to do. They're emphasizing live streaming, which apparently their leadership considers a high priority. Live streaming is certainly nice to have, but they still lack private messaging, a feature that many users are clamoring for. Listen to your users. Also, they need better "trending" features; there's something now, but it's minimal. I got an account on Truth Social and it's very beta, feels buggy and incomplete. It's only available for iOS mobile devices at the moment. There's a private messaging button that is not yet implemented. I don't believe in reviewing products that are still in development; it does both the product and the customers a disservice. That said, it's got a pretty active user base already and there are some interesting posts. If they can deliver multi-platform apps and a more complete product over the next 3-6 months, and if Mr. Trump starts posting regularly, I think Truth Social will be a contender. We'll see. If Elon Musk does indeed acquire Twitter and remake it in his image (for example, reduce the toxicity in the comments -- if such is possible), perhaps it will attract back some of the disaffected user community.