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)
But with no algorithm, how do you see any content? Isn't your feed dead?
So, this is the real beauty of Mastodon and why so many people really love it. You see only the content from those you follow. No invisible hand is pushing stuff at you. Now, this does take a little work to get up to speed, but really it is not difficult and there are lots of tricks to help you. Just find interesting posts and follow the account.
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