It's been six months since Elon took over Twitter. I have some thoughts on the "Twitter diaspora" and the current decentralized alternatives: https://www.techdirt.com/2023/04/28/six-months-in-thoughts-on-the-current-post-twitter-diaspora-options/
Six Months In: Thoughts On The Current Post-Twitter Diaspora Options

Today is six months since Elon took over Twitter and began this bizarre speedrun of the content moderation learning curve in which he seems to repeatedly… not learn a damn thing. Over and over agai…

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@mmasnick aahhhhhh Mike.

I don't wanna pick on you but citing Jay's Medium post as the *definitive* exploration of decentralized social is... in urgent need of revision.

this is the one on my mind (because I found it yesterday) - and I know academia isn't really in-scope for the dirty boyz - but ... https://dr.amy.gy

The Presentation of Self on a Decentralised Web

@mmasnick also ... using the term "diaspora" specifically got at least one or two old heads spinning given the persistence of Diaspora, one of the og decentralized social networks lol. https://diasp.org
diaspora*

diaspora* is the online social world where you are in control.

diaspora* social network