> why isn't there a straightforward competitor to twitter? Network effects are very difficult to build and retain and take years to grow if you are starting fr

> why isn't there a straightforward competitor to twitter? Network effects are very difficult to build and retain and take years to grow if you are starting from scratch and 95% of these competitors found this out the hard way. (Post.news, T2, Spill, Hive all failed) Threads remains the most serious and viable alternative to X (They didn't start from scratch and used Instagram's network to onboard hundreds of millions). Bluesky was seen as a similar alternative bringing back the old Twitter feel and millions of Brazilians chose Bluesky over the others. [0]. Other than those two, the rest are just too small to be taken seriously and have shutdown or have not grown in daily active users and have around <1M users using it daily. [0] https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/04/social-media-platform-bluesky-attracts-millions-in-brazil-after-judge-bans-musks-x-.html https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/04/social-media-platform-bluesk...