Partisan Quick Guide To X Alternatives
So, you're finally deciding to leave X. Good for you. Here are your choices and you can pick more than one:
1. Threads - Commercial (Meta). Lots of popular ex-X accounts. Looks like X. No ads yet. Algorithm driven.
2. Bluesky - Commercial (Private). Looks like X, No ads yet. Customizable algorithm.
3. Mastodon - Open System Collective. Totally Awesome. Doesn't look like X. Threads/Bluesky bridges. No Algorithm (That's a good thing!)
X Alternatives: Who owns your new social media network? Threads is owned by Meta. During the election Meta used the Threads algorithm to promote and demote certain content. Bluesky is currently owned by VCs. So far have not seen finagling with content, but is that guaranteed forever?
"I will never again devote my energies to building up an audience on a platform whose management can sever my relationship to that audience at will." -Cory Doctorow (https://pluralistic.net/2024/11/02/ulysses-pact/#tie-yourself-to-a-federated-mast)
For now, I am where my members are and do my best to keep an eye to the distortions of platform vendors.
Platform independence is critical.
The ability to sever your relationship with any platform at will is incredibly liberating.
The shifting policies of our home countries is a bit more difficult 😏 Thank you for your patience.
Mastodon Migration
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