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What are X/twitter alternatives ? I left twitter after recent Musk pro Russian statements.

darthrupert 2y ago
Mastodon is the real alternative, but many people seem to be converging at bluesky. Which is fundamentally not much better.
scrollbar 2y ago
Bluesky bsky.app
ceejayoz 2y ago
Bluesky, Threads, Mastodon...
wstrange 2y ago
BlueSky. Less algorithmic boosting and it allows you to curate your feed. It's VC funded - so it remains to be seen how it evolves
- Narretz 2y ago
  Wdym with "curate your feed"? See only posts of people your follow? That's always been possible with Twitter.
  - jmuguy 2y ago
    You have control over what is suggested by the algo, and can make several different feeds - in addition to just a feed of your follows. Rather than whatever "For You" is doing on Twitter these days.
    - TiredOfLife 2y ago
      So exactly like twitter.
      - rsynnott 2y ago
        No; Twitter doesn't have a "bring your own algorithm" option. https://docs.bsky.app/docs/starter-templates/custom-feeds https://docs.bsky.app/docs/starter-templates/custom-feeds
      - jmuguy 2y ago
        I don't believe Twitter has the ability to do multiple algorithmically driven feeds but its been a while since I used it. I think Twitter "lists" might be the closest thing to it but thats just different follows. My understanding was that "For You" has gone through a number of changes, most of them for the worst, in the last year or so. Bluesky also has some interesting personal moderation filters - for instance I can subscribe to published block lists, maintained by other users.
  - hooverd 2y ago
    Yup. There's the basic chronological feed. There's a Discover and Popular with Friends feed. But, you can create your own feeds and/or subscribe to feeds that other people have created. You can have feeds for a specific topic or subculture. They can be manually curated or algorithmically; the idea is that can you subscribe to your own recommendation algorithm. They can be as simple or as complex as you'd like. Plus, you typically know who created a feed. Let's say you want to hear about AI news. There could be a curated AI, assuming someone cares about to garden it.
    - TiredOfLife 2y ago
      >There's the basic chronological feed twitter has that >There's a Discover twitter has that >you can create your own feeds and/or subscribe to feeds that other people have created twitter has that
      - hooverd 2y ago
        Twitter lets you ingest their firehose and engineer your own algorithms on top of that and lets other people subscribe to those? Cool. Show me. Blueksy also has unique labelers and moderation lists. My favorite is the politician donor labeler.
  - dgeiser13 2y ago
    Not after Twitter started forcing you to see accounts you don't follow.
    - TiredOfLife 2y ago
      It doesn't.
      - oneeyedpigeon 2y ago
        It absolutely has, in my experience. Bluesky also seems to be less heavy-handed with account bans.
- davidw 2y ago
  I've been happy on BlueSky so far. It seems to be picking up a good variety of people, including journalists, and some interests of mine like cycling.
- TomMasz 2y ago
  I'm crossing my fingers but history seems to be against them. You have to pay the piper at some point.
malshe 2y ago
I switched to Bluesky a few months ago and very happy with that decision
herrherrmann 2y ago
Mastodon (open/distributed/Wild West) and Bluesky (commercial/probably ending up like X at some point).
AntonyGarand 2y ago
Mastodon and Bluesky are the main ones as far as I'm aware
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empath75 2y ago
Bluesky is where the sane people seem to have gone.. there was a split between that and threads, but threads is dying off.
- hocuspocus 2y ago
  I don't think Threads is dying, I believe Meta's numbers are actually quite good. But the content pushed by its engagement algorithm makes the experience pretty far from what I'd expect from a serious Twitter alternative, even after several apparent tweaks. It could be a good platform for brands and celebrities though.
  - sylens 2y ago
    Yeah Threads feels like a flipped house; pretty finishes and big open concept rooms that draw you in before you can realize its all a facade and full of engagement bait
hocuspocus 2y ago
Bluesky is not bad if you're interested in tech and science.
- kylehotchkiss 2y ago
  Those are the only two things I really wanted in a twitter replacement so I’ve been happy with it
- hello_moto 2y ago
  Non-US govt and municipals are moving to bluesky
rhet0rica 2y ago
Your options are: West Coast Liberal → https://bsky.app/ https://bsky.app/ Bundesrepublik KDE → https://joinmastodon.org/ https://joinmastodon.org/ "I bet Mark Zuckerberg won't get any weirder" → https://www.threads.net/ https://www.threads.net/
- echelon 2y ago
  I appreciate the informal decision tree.
- kylehotchkiss 2y ago
  Hey now there are plenty of east coast liberals on Bluesky too
pacomerh 2y ago
For me it began when he started suspending journalists or anyone who criticized him (so much for pro-free speech), lying about almost everything and still every day. He also started siding with racist commenters and white supremacists. And if that wasn't enough, the whole salute thing was disgusting and absolutely irresponsible. So yeah his pro Russian statements don't surprise me at all.

Mastodon is the real alternative, but many people seem to be converging at bluesky. Which is fundamentally not much better.

scrollbar 2y ago

Bluesky bsky.app

ceejayoz 2y ago

Bluesky, Threads, Mastodon...

wstrange 2y ago

BlueSky. Less algorithmic boosting and it allows you to curate your feed. It's VC funded - so it remains to be seen how it evolves

Narretz 2y ago
Wdym with "curate your feed"? See only posts of people your follow? That's always been possible with Twitter.
- jmuguy 2y ago
  You have control over what is suggested by the algo, and can make several different feeds - in addition to just a feed of your follows. Rather than whatever "For You" is doing on Twitter these days.
  - TiredOfLife 2y ago
    So exactly like twitter.
    - rsynnott 2y ago
      No; Twitter doesn't have a "bring your own algorithm" option. https://docs.bsky.app/docs/starter-templates/custom-feeds https://docs.bsky.app/docs/starter-templates/custom-feeds
    - jmuguy 2y ago
      I don't believe Twitter has the ability to do multiple algorithmically driven feeds but its been a while since I used it. I think Twitter "lists" might be the closest thing to it but thats just different follows. My understanding was that "For You" has gone through a number of changes, most of them for the worst, in the last year or so. Bluesky also has some interesting personal moderation filters - for instance I can subscribe to published block lists, maintained by other users.
- hooverd 2y ago
  Yup. There's the basic chronological feed. There's a Discover and Popular with Friends feed. But, you can create your own feeds and/or subscribe to feeds that other people have created. You can have feeds for a specific topic or subculture. They can be manually curated or algorithmically; the idea is that can you subscribe to your own recommendation algorithm. They can be as simple or as complex as you'd like. Plus, you typically know who created a feed. Let's say you want to hear about AI news. There could be a curated AI, assuming someone cares about to garden it.
  - TiredOfLife 2y ago
    >There's the basic chronological feed twitter has that >There's a Discover twitter has that >you can create your own feeds and/or subscribe to feeds that other people have created twitter has that
    - hooverd 2y ago
      Twitter lets you ingest their firehose and engineer your own algorithms on top of that and lets other people subscribe to those? Cool. Show me. Blueksy also has unique labelers and moderation lists. My favorite is the politician donor labeler.
- dgeiser13 2y ago
  Not after Twitter started forcing you to see accounts you don't follow.
  - TiredOfLife 2y ago
    It doesn't.
    - oneeyedpigeon 2y ago
      It absolutely has, in my experience. Bluesky also seems to be less heavy-handed with account bans.
davidw 2y ago
I've been happy on BlueSky so far. It seems to be picking up a good variety of people, including journalists, and some interests of mine like cycling.
TomMasz 2y ago
I'm crossing my fingers but history seems to be against them. You have to pay the piper at some point.

malshe 2y ago

I switched to Bluesky a few months ago and very happy with that decision

herrherrmann 2y ago

Mastodon (open/distributed/Wild West) and Bluesky (commercial/probably ending up like X at some point).

AntonyGarand 2y ago

Mastodon and Bluesky are the main ones as far as I'm aware

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empath75 2y ago

Bluesky is where the sane people seem to have gone.. there was a split between that and threads, but threads is dying off.

hocuspocus 2y ago
I don't think Threads is dying, I believe Meta's numbers are actually quite good. But the content pushed by its engagement algorithm makes the experience pretty far from what I'd expect from a serious Twitter alternative, even after several apparent tweaks. It could be a good platform for brands and celebrities though.
- sylens 2y ago
  Yeah Threads feels like a flipped house; pretty finishes and big open concept rooms that draw you in before you can realize its all a facade and full of engagement bait

hocuspocus 2y ago

Bluesky is not bad if you're interested in tech and science.

kylehotchkiss 2y ago
Those are the only two things I really wanted in a twitter replacement so I’ve been happy with it
hello_moto 2y ago
Non-US govt and municipals are moving to bluesky

rhet0rica 2y ago

Your options are: West Coast Liberal → https://bsky.app/ https://bsky.app/ Bundesrepublik KDE → https://joinmastodon.org/ https://joinmastodon.org/ "I bet Mark Zuckerberg won't get any weirder" → https://www.threads.net/ https://www.threads.net/

echelon 2y ago
I appreciate the informal decision tree.
kylehotchkiss 2y ago
Hey now there are plenty of east coast liberals on Bluesky too

pacomerh 2y ago

For me it began when he started suspending journalists or anyone who criticized him (so much for pro-free speech), lying about almost everything and still every day. He also started siding with racist commenters and white supremacists. And if that wasn't enough, the whole salute thing was disgusting and absolutely irresponsible. So yeah his pro Russian statements don't surprise me at all.