He says X is for freedom of speech, and it is an everything app
but, freedom can’t exist without privacy.
Everything app = monopoly = all in one
One does not have to switch from something that was never used.
Twitter has been a short form outrage machine since the beginning.
This is a wildly over generalized take.
Twitter was also an important tool for journalists and researchers worldwide. Military targets have come from Twitter posts. It is a reflection of a huge chunk of society. You may as well call all of internet technology “just a porn box” for how wildly over generalized that statement is. The reality is your generalization comes from arrogance. “I never engaged in such frivolous behavior”. You’re here now. Yes you have and yes you do.
Even your comment is the first cousin of outrage, it’s pure disdain. Nothing more or less, and exactly as valuable as outrage.
I’ve never understood exactly what people get out of Twitter, and don’t understand why you’d need an alternative? Why not just use Lemmy as your alternative?
News and updates from specific companies/projects/people.
How people always fail to see the usefulness of the platform amazes me. There is nothing else like it for that purpose, moving elsewhere is difficult if all the accounts you are interested in are not also moving there.
You’re still on twitter? Why?
Currently looking for alternative I guess
Mastodon. Seems like the logical choice, considering you’re already on the fediverse, and a lot of people already moved to Mastodon when Musk bought Twitter.
I found it hard to get interaction
Start following tags and people, even if you don’t know them very well.
Can you do this in kbin?
Yes click on microblogs and you will see a ton of mastodon content. If you see someone ypu want to follow, you can.
Also if you’re in a mag that has selected tags the microblog section of that mag is just whatever is posted on mastodons under those tags.
Mastodon obviously but also giving bluesky a shot
I want to move to bluesky so bad but I just can’t get a damn invite. I applied via email months ago. This is their moment & I kinda feel like the invite system is holding them back. (But I do understand why it was implemented.)
Edit: omg you guys are so sweet. I only just started using this place but I’m sold. You’re awesome!
I have 2 extra, will DM you
I think I replied to your DM but I’m still learning so just in case: YOU ARE AMAZING TYSM!!!
DM recieved and no problem! Hope you dig it over there. I haven’t dived in too deep but it seems promising
It’s very… dramatic over there, and I know it’s supposed to be a beta (trust me, I know) but there seems to be a lot of missing functionality. I pop in every few days and it’s like there a new moral outrage about bluesky each time.
I mostly follow people in the art/illustration community so I’m not really seeing what you’re complaining about, but to be fair your complaint could be levied against basically every big online community out there right now including the fediverse.
