I enjoyed Twitter (but I left anyway) Which ONE twitter-alternative would be a good replacement?

[Oopsie Daisy]

I know that there are several from which to choose, but I really don't want to maintain multiple accounts here-there-and-yon.

Is there just a single, decent, easy-to-use, twitter-alternative that is rewarding and enjoyable? (And that I can use on my desktop computer?)

Is there a consensus yet on which one will emerge on top?

[clouds]

1. Post.news

Good vibes

[Oopsie Daisy]

4. Thank you.

[Joinfortmill]

2. I use Threads. Get a lot of news.

[Oopsie Daisy]

5. I'd like to try it when it has a desktop or web-based version.

Thanks for checking-in.

[Ms. Toad]

3. Depends on what you are looking for.

Post.news is very easy to use, and when I spent time there it was far friendlier than Twitter and the owners were actively trying to address concerns raised. (I haven't spent much there recently.)

BUT - as an alternative to Twitter for fast-breaking news - that will only settle out over time. That requires a significant mass of people using it. And if you use Twitter to follow specific individuals, they have to decide to use post.

I haven't used Threads yet. Mastadon is not to my liking - and it doesn't really fit the definition of "single," since there are tons of independent Mastadon communities - each with their own rules.

[Oopsie Daisy]

6. I just registered at Post (because of the rec above) and I'm trying to "re-follow" folks

I just registered at Post (because of the rec above) and I'm trying to "re-follow" folks that I'd followed previously at Twitter. The first one that came to mind was Glenn Kirschner, and I found him, but his most recent post was 4 months ago. Looks like he's moved on. But I'll keep trying to recreate the Twitter experience (well, the GOOD parts of the Twitter experience.)

[Ms. Toad]

9. That is my only concern about post -

as a Twitter alternative.

A lot of folks jumped there with the first wave of "I have to leave Twitter" thinking - but (like me) stopped paying a lot of attention to it. So you'll find a lot of familiar faces - but because of the effort required to post in multiple locations they may have stopped posting.

[Oopsie Daisy]

10. I'll just muddle along and plod through until I find something decent. But I won't return to Twitter

I admit, Twitter was fun and I enjoyed it very much. But the insane one-sided rules, and people alerting to harass others... then it became impossible to tell real from fake accounts, and then the "state media" label for NPR. That was just too much.

I'll never return. It's (to borrow a Trump phrase) become a real shithole.

Return to Twitter would be like (to borrow a Nina Turner phrase) eating a bowl of shit.

It might be that too-many twitter replacement contenders will mean that NONE become the main and primary one.

Even Twitter itself will never be what it once was. Will it?

[Ms. Toad]

11. I still have an account there.

I cancelled one (I had one for work - I'm now retired. I cancelled it so that it's one more account loss). I've kept the other one just to read things (and occasionally report things). But I haven't posted since Musk took over.

Sometimes things can't be recreated. Circumstances were just right for an initial burst - so it took off. But Musk destroyed it, and I doubt it will ever have the prominence it had. But until there is a viable replacement for distribution of fast-breaking news and even coordination of responses, it will probably still hang on.

[Oopsie Daisy]

12. Fingers crossed that something comes along or we end up with a definite default winner.

Now that anyone can impersonate anyone else, it makes no sense for businesses or public service entities to use Twitter as a quick notification service. (ie: power-outages, school-closures, boil-water notices, public-transport down, weather/heat alerts, air-quality alerts, airport closures, etc.) And now that Musk wants to charge outrageous sums for that type of automated access, even those businesses and entities are abandoning the platform.

[obamanut2012]

7. Threads by far

It is in beta, so the functions it is missing will be added in over the next few months, including being enabled on desktop.

[Oopsie Daisy]

8. Sounds promising. I'll be sure to check them out if/when it becomes easily used on a desktop PC

--- or on a standard browser (rather than being walled-in with an app.) 👍

[Nittersing]

13. I think I'm settling in at Mastodon

But it's become a very different experience from Twitter. I went looking for journalist and political types, many of who set up accounts at the initial burst, but have not become active at all. The only exception I've found is Teri Kanefield. @[e-mail] She created her own instance.

But, with my new-found interest in learning watercolor painting, I discovered a HUGE community of artists sharing their work and offering encouragement to each other.

My Mastodon feed, basically, has to be curated. There are no algorithms pushing an agenda or click-baits links. You have to actively search for the content you want, find people and account you want to follow... it probably took me about 3 months to finally start seeing some content on my home feed that was interesting to me.

Not a fan of Threads because of all the tracking.... Mastodon doesn't track your activity.

[Oopsie Daisy]

14. Sounds like a great place with all the community interests. I'd also hear about Spoutify, but

I'm having trouble finding more info about it. Maybe it's still in beta with limited invite-only access.

[nolabear]

15. I think Threads will get there.

There’s a HUGE presence among politicians, liberal thinkers, entertainers, and just good content producers. I like animal threads and the best ones are there.

It needs work. People are begging for trending topics and a linear timeline. But they seem to be striving. And unfortunately bots and rwnjs seem to be trying to spam it to the extent that it’s overloaded. But again, they’re working on it. And as I said, the presence of those who either ditched Twitter or are doing both is by far the biggest I’ve seen.