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Twitter Alternatives Bluesky & Threads Growing Fast

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by citygator, Nov 24, 2024 at 4:07 PM.

  1. Nov 24, 2024 at 4:07 PM #1
    citygator

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    Bluesky and Threads are growing very fast as users move away from Twitter as a result of the perception of Elon’s meddling. I think Bluesky is a superior option as it feels as user friendly as Twitter with additional controls to eliminate trolls and bots which have overrun Twitter. Threads is a lot like instagram with more text.

    As you can see below they are the number 1 and number 2 most downloaded free app from the App Store. I personally only use twitter if I want to post a link here since it embeds well. But soon so will those sites.

    Social media sites without liberal celebrities and journalists have failed miserably - such as Truthsocial. It will be interesting to watch if this is a speed bump for twitter or a cliff.

    Bluesky and Threads find opportunity as users and advertisers flee X

    Bluesky has more than 21 million users. Where does it go from here?

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  2. Nov 24, 2024 at 4:58 PM #2
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    I'll pass.
     
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  3. Nov 24, 2024 at 5:19 PM #3
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    I don’t tweet and don’t have any desire to spend more time on social media, but I’m glad to see alternatives flourishing at twitter’s expense
     
  4. Nov 24, 2024 at 6:04 PM #4
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    I've never tweeted much, but Twitter was good for following intelligent people who post good news articles; very effective as a news aggregator.

    Elon Musk is such a vile, un-American POS though, that I rarely log on any more. And when I do, it has seemed for a long while like the algorithm has changed to stir up animosity. Lot's of posts from people I don't want to see, trolling type posts.

    I keep intending to delete my account, but just haven't got around to it. I will though.
     
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  5. Nov 24, 2024 at 7:57 PM #5
    ursidman

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    They’re pretty much all on Blue sky too.