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Considering joining the Twitter migration? Check out these platform alternatives...

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Considering joining the Twitter migration? Check out these platform alternatives.

Jennifer Jolly
Mon, November 7, 2022, 5:32 AM·10 min read

I lost way too much of my life to the drama unfolding on Twitter this past week — heck, even just in the past hour. Nearly everything Elon Musk tweets out these days seems to raise my blood pressure — and my hackles.

Some of it is immature bro-culture “jokes” that aren’t funny. Pro tip: When you have to point out that something’s “funny,” it’s not.

There’s also a definite troll-vibe to a lot of what he’s putting out, like calling credible news sources “fake,” while tweeting — then later deleting — a horrific conspiracy theory about the brutal hammer attack on Paul Pelosi, husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Hate speech has skyrocketed on Twitter since Musk took the helm too. According to Bloomberg, there was a 1,300% increase in a racist slur shortly after the takeover.

That, along with a dramatic spike in antisemitism and an astounding resurgence in coronavirus conspiracy theory rhetoric, has sparked an exodus among advertisers, celebrities and people like you and me who don’t want to lose another minute to the madness.

Twitter Alternatives

Where do we go from here?

Trending hashtag #twittermigration points to a new crop of social media sites such as Mastodon, CounterSocial and even newcomer uSync as places social seekers are starting to flock.

I’ve been trying several out for the last week and honestly? Ugh. Every single one of them has a learning curve and who has time for that? It’s similar to the way I felt about Instagram and then TikTok though, and finding your stride on a kinder, gentler, less Musk-y social media site might be worth it.

Here’s a look at some of the top alternatives so far.

Mastodon

Everyone’s talking about Mastodon and it’s the early front runner for people flying the coop. At time of writing, the number of people who’ve signed up to Mastodon this week has surpassed 230,000, bringing the total number of accounts to nearly 5.9 million.

Mastodon Social
Mastodon Social

The platform’s been around for six years, and definitely skews toward someone who’s already tech-savvy. The first hurdle you face is trying to figure out how to sign up. It’s a decentralized open-source platform, which means rather than joining one company on one platform — you have to join an established group hosted by an organization or individual on their server.


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