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shadowkatAck, Ack...Musk is destroying Twitter! Where to Go Instead of Twitter?
As the implosion of Musk's Twitter continues, people are desperately hunting new versions of it. Kind of reminds me of the great LJ exodus to Dreamwidth, and then the Tumblr exodus to well Pillow(?), and then Ao3 exodus...to SquidgeWorld or in my case, to Wordpress and Squidgeworld. We're all looking for back-up plans.
Twitter, however, has been a bit more difficult. None of them are workable, until...now.
Apparently, Zuckerberg finally took advantage of his tech billionaire rival, Musk's, stupidity in regards to social media - and built his own version of Twitter, entitled Instagram Threads. And unlike all the other versions, it's a lot easier to get on, follow folks, and use.
If you already have an instagram account? (And let's face it - most everyone on Twitter does). This is remarkably easy to pop into. You just sign in using that account, and it will carry all the folks you are following from instagram onto threads. And then some.
So what are the alternatives...and are they worth the effort?
* bluesky aka [Bad username or site: bsky @ com]. which is still in the beta stages, with a waiting list, and by invite only. It's by Jack Dorsey. And it's hard to find people on it. Neil Gaiman and a bunch of folks from book twitter leapt onto it. Considering they mainly used to Twitter to promote themselves - I foresee a shift to instagram threads. Because it's not happening on bluesky until everyone is on it. If most people can't get on it - you are mainly talking to yourself. (Kind of like I've been doing here the last few posts and on Twitter for the most part.)
* Mastodone - is difficult to use, and no one can find anybody. I went on it, and gave up. There appears to be only 20 people on it.
* Spoutible - is worse than Mastodone, and I didn't think that was possible. It took forever for me to get on it, and I couldn't find anyone but weird marketing folks, and jumped off.
They were discussing Instagram Threads on NY1 this morning - and loving it. NY1 jumped on it, along with all of the NY State agencies, government agencies, and media outlets. Then the celebrities followed. I don't think the politicians have yet, so the media is enjoying it at the moment. The media has decided they like Threads better than the other alternatives. And where the media goes - everyone else goes - if they want to market themselves and their wares. It's really the news and entertainment media that's going to pick the outlet. And they'll pick the one that's easiest to maneuver, and follow people, and find newsworthy items.
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Everyone at work is still traumatized by what happened Wed. It scared them.
And they are all happy to be in the union. (I'm glad I wasn't there - I probably would have said or done something I shouldn't. But I got all the stories from my co-workers, and several were contradictory. They all had different perspectives. But all agreed it was uncalled for, nasty, and bad, and that BYT went too far.)
This place has taught me to follow unions. Didn't think that was possible, but here we are.
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I bought more books via Smart Bitches for about $1.99. I swear I'm nickle and diming myself to death on books. My weaknesses are books, television streaming services, and music.
I was told by Amazon that I'd already purchased one of the books way back in 2021. I keep forgetting which books I've bought.
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As the implosion of Musk's Twitter continues, people are desperately hunting new versions of it. Kind of reminds me of the great LJ exodus to Dreamwidth, and then the Tumblr exodus to well Pillow(?), and then Ao3 exodus...to SquidgeWorld or in my case, to Wordpress and Squidgeworld. We're all looking for back-up plans.
Twitter, however, has been a bit more difficult. None of them are workable, until...now.
Apparently, Zuckerberg finally took advantage of his tech billionaire rival, Musk's, stupidity in regards to social media - and built his own version of Twitter, entitled Instagram Threads. And unlike all the other versions, it's a lot easier to get on, follow folks, and use.
If you already have an instagram account? (And let's face it - most everyone on Twitter does). This is remarkably easy to pop into. You just sign in using that account, and it will carry all the folks you are following from instagram onto threads. And then some.
So what are the alternatives...and are they worth the effort?
* bluesky aka [Bad username or site: bsky @ com]. which is still in the beta stages, with a waiting list, and by invite only. It's by Jack Dorsey. And it's hard to find people on it. Neil Gaiman and a bunch of folks from book twitter leapt onto it. Considering they mainly used to Twitter to promote themselves - I foresee a shift to instagram threads. Because it's not happening on bluesky until everyone is on it. If most people can't get on it - you are mainly talking to yourself. (Kind of like I've been doing here the last few posts and on Twitter for the most part.)
* Mastodone - is difficult to use, and no one can find anybody. I went on it, and gave up. There appears to be only 20 people on it.
* Spoutible - is worse than Mastodone, and I didn't think that was possible. It took forever for me to get on it, and I couldn't find anyone but weird marketing folks, and jumped off.
They were discussing Instagram Threads on NY1 this morning - and loving it. NY1 jumped on it, along with all of the NY State agencies, government agencies, and media outlets. Then the celebrities followed. I don't think the politicians have yet, so the media is enjoying it at the moment. The media has decided they like Threads better than the other alternatives. And where the media goes - everyone else goes - if they want to market themselves and their wares. It's really the news and entertainment media that's going to pick the outlet. And they'll pick the one that's easiest to maneuver, and follow people, and find newsworthy items.
***
Everyone at work is still traumatized by what happened Wed. It scared them.
And they are all happy to be in the union. (I'm glad I wasn't there - I probably would have said or done something I shouldn't. But I got all the stories from my co-workers, and several were contradictory. They all had different perspectives. But all agreed it was uncalled for, nasty, and bad, and that BYT went too far.)
This place has taught me to follow unions. Didn't think that was possible, but here we are.
***
I bought more books via Smart Bitches for about $1.99. I swear I'm nickle and diming myself to death on books. My weaknesses are books, television streaming services, and music.
I was told by Amazon that I'd already purchased one of the books way back in 2021. I keep forgetting which books I've bought.
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Date: 2023-07-08 12:39 pm (UTC)