Looking to leave Twitter? Here are the social networks seeing new users now

[CousinIT]

NOTE about Post: I was only on the waiting list for about a week, then they let everyone (who was currently on the waiting list) on. Frankly, I'm enjoying it. It lacks some features and is a little flaky sometimes but fully usable and enjoyable and finding a lot of those I follow on Twitter on Post. I'm also on Mastadon.

https://www.npr.org/2022/11/24/1139079748/leave-twitter-social-networks-mastodon-hive-post

Mastodon, founded in 2014, has received the lion's share of attention in recent weeks, and it has gained a lot of users in that time. Mastodon says it had more than 2.5 million active monthly users as of Tuesday. Nearly 180,000 people joined Mastodon in a single day last week, according to data scientist Esteban Moro.

Soooo, what is Mastodon, exactly?

It's a decentralized, open-source social media platform. Anyone can launch and host their own Mastodon server and create their own community, which can connect to other Mastodon servers. Because it's open-source, anyone is allowed to freely use the program's code — or even to modify it and redistribute it, so long as they follow the rules of its license.

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Hive Social, founded in 2019, is available as a mobile app for Apple and as a beta on Android. It offers a chronological feed (rather than the algorithm-determined feeds of many leading apps), and it says it does not do "shadow banning" or prioritize certain accounts.

The app promises to bring back "what you used to love about social media in a new way." Some aspects of Hive — like profile music — hearken to a simpler time, namely the Myspace era. It's also very photo-forward, like Instagram or Tumblr.

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Post
Post was founded by former Waze CEO Noam Bardin and aims, in Twitter-like fashion, to bring together news and social media.

The site is making a direct appeal to departing Twitter users, promising content moderation, the ability to write posts of any length and "a civil place to debate ideas."

"Remember when social media was fun, introduced you to big ideas and cool people, and actually made you smarter? Remember when it didn't waste your time and make you angry or sad? When you could disagree with someone without being threatened or insulted? We want to bring that back with Post," Bardin wrote in a post on the site's homepage.

[cilla4progress]

1. Thanks cuz.

Do you have a favorite at this point?

[hlthe2b]

2. In truth, I never registered w Twitter, FB, Instagram, Tik Tok or any of them

But, I like the philosophy of Post and, like you was quickly offered Beta access after a day or two on the waiting list. I may never post there as anonymity is an issue for me in this world far too full of people like MAGAs, but I do like the ability to follow some who I hope will end up there and to at least vote up good postings.

We shall see, but there seems to be commitment.

[PatSeg]

6. I don't really need or want

a Twitter replacement. I only signed up so I could see the occasional tweet that I see posted now and then here or on Facebook. I rarely interact and never actually post anything. I really never saw what useful purpose it served, though I know many people do. For the most part, I avoid going there and will not be sad to see it gone.

[republianmushroom]

3. thank you

[Polybius]

4. What are the rules of each of them?

Same as Twitter from 2020-November 2022?

[BannonsLiver]

5. I've moved back to MySpace

[dmr]

7. I'm on the Post waitlist

I briefly checked out Mastadon, and got so confused, I just closed it up, lol.

I've heard the waitlist takes about a week for the Post.

So far I've had no known problems with Twitter. But I don't like how Elon's been handling things, nor do I like his behavior. I wonder, sometimes, if Elon isn't purposely sabotaging Twitter.

I went over to the Post because that is where Marc Elias of Democracy Docket is at.

[ornotna]

9. Just joined Post

and set up my profile.It looks promising.

[Cha]

8. I've heard Great things about

POST!

Personally what I've seen of Mastodon I don't like because of the Black Background. It's too hard for me to see without a struggle. Sl that's out.

TY!