It’s official, Elon Musk has acquired the social network Twitter. The South African tycoon has achieved gain control of Twitter in exchange for 44,000 million dollars. After the purchase, the question arises of what will happen to the social network. Just in case, here are some alternatives if you prefer to avoid this network.
The businessman of South African origin, very fond of this social network, has presented himself as a defender of “freedom of expression” on the platform and now seems to carry that mission by flag in his new conquest, of which he has offered very few details.
This is the least aggressive option for those who migrate from Twitter. In functional terms, users have a timeline, they can create topics or reply in a conversation. This site is divided into communities, that is, you can enter groups according to some interest or topic.
Unlike Twitter, on Reddit you don’t follow a user, but a community, so your timeline it will be filled with topics created by subscribers from each community you follow. Users can subscribe to subreddits and view the content on your timeline within the app or on the web.
plurk
Plurk is the alternative for those looking for a Twitter clone. The user experience is very similar. Users publish plurks (the equivalent of a tweet) of a maximum of 360 characters, they can follow other people and view the content in a timeline horizontal.
There are also direct messages, group conversations and personalized emojis. A striking feature of Plurk is the use of the Karmaa value that increases according to your activity and that allows you to unlock more features.
Discord
Discord isn’t much like Twitter, but it’s an alternative to the social network if you’re interested in the community component. Users can join servers that revolve around some interest, topic, or even content creators.
The negative is that in order to have a profile, users need to join via invitation. Some servers are public, while others are accessed as a financial bonus.
Tumblr
This is a microblogging network to upload all kinds of multimedia content. Tumblr’s functionality is similar to Twitter in many ways. Users can create content, comment, repost similar to a retweet, like or share.
Additionally, there is a customizable dashboard where users can follow other creators and view content in a timeline format.
Why Elon Musk was interested in buying Twitter and how it will affect the common tweeter
Mastodon
Mastodon is a microblogging social network with functions and image quite similar to those of Twitter. It is not controlled by a single company or server, but works using a decentralized federation of servers, all of them running their free and open code that is published for everyone on their Github profile.
Users can create different instances or communities. These instances allow writing messages that are only read by their members as well as others that can be read in all the federated instances that make up Mastodon. (YO)
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