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Twitter has become an awful place (may or may not be due to Musk). But what are the alternatives? I occasionally use Mastodon and like it very much as the sign
by daghamm 2y ago
Twitter has become an awful place (may or may not be due to Musk). But what are the alternatives?
I occasionally use Mastodon and like it very much as the signal to noise ratio is much better. But I also see most of SF remaining on twitter and people you ran into still identify themselves with their twitter handles.
- egorfine 2y agoThreads has been surprisingly good for me.
- randfish 2y ago+1 for Threads - I'm shocked at how good the engagement is there, and how kind the community is (generally) too
- daghamm 2y agoIs it a good fit for people who dont use (or like) Facebook and Instagram?
- Am4TIfIsER0ppos 2y agoSince it is facebook I'm going to guess no.
- rsynnott 2y agoI don't use either, and find Threads to be okay, though I prefer Mastodon.
- lifthrasiir 2y agoDepending on the exact demographics, Bluesky might be another alternative.
- scblock 2y ago"What are the alternatives" is the wrong way to look at this. Morally, patronizing twitter with your time, attention, or money means supporting someone amplifying hate speech and conspiracies and trying to delegitimize democracy. It is clear that participating on twitter is morally untenable. So Step 1 is to not use twitter, period. Step 2 can be looking for alternatives, sure, but Step 1 is to leave, no matter what.
- appplication 2y agoYeah the GP parent is sort of silly. I am not on twitter at all. Am I missing some information that is only on twitter? I dunno, maybe? But does it matter that I’m missing it? No, not at all. It’s no negative impact to your life to not be on twitter. Even the clowns who say things like “my career field requires me to be on twitter to learn latest x”. No it doesn’t. If it’s important, it’s also being discussed outside of twitter.
- SirMaster 2y agoDo we need an alternative? We operated fine before twitter, and I have never bothered to use it and I seem to operating just fine still.