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Problem with that is that social media operates internationally. What's allowed in a public space is different for you and me (though functionally identical, since Canada and US as pretty close in that regard). For us and someone from China suddenly there's a world of difference. Making it a private space skirts some of those issues, AFAIK.

TL;DR: Dealing with international law sucks.

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I wouldn't donate to save Twitter. Why should the general public bale out a commercial enterprise run (seemingly badly) by rich people for their own profit?

In the unlikely event Twitter does go tits-up, you might want to check out the open source GNU Social. The most Twitter- like incarnation of which is at:

https://quitter.no

In fact, if you're a fan of openness and open source generally, you might want to consider checking out GNU Social. It's actually better than Twitter in some ways (much larger character limit, for a start)

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