Alternatives To Xwitter

Here’s a report
<https://www.zdnet.com/article/i-tried-replacing-twitter-with-bluesky-threads-and-mastodon-heres-what-i-found/>
from someone who has tried alternative social-media networks to see if
any of them can be an acceptable substitute for X-formerly-Twitter.

It’s clear that Xwitter has become a cesspit, and is likely in a death
spiral. But it still isn’t quite a complete writeoff--yet.

Bluesky seems to be the most welcoming, at least to the writer.
Threads, from the same parent company as Facebook, is obviously much
bigger, but it didn’t seem to offer quite the same quality of
engagement; the non-customizable Home feed seems like a definite
downside.

Then there’s Mastodon, based on Open Source and the concept of the
“Fediverse”. It’s not quite as slick as the others, but perhaps its
geeky flavour, and the decentralization at its core, will appeal to
the type who like to hang out here on Usenet?