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There are already alternatives to Twitter. Why haven't you ditched it already?

I'm aware, and do you realize nobody of note is using the alternatives? Why would you recommend someone invest time building a presence in yet another loser platform with bleak future prospects? Doesn't seem helpful or all that bright.

For a real alternative to succeed, solid backers focused on dethroning tw are needed to inspire confidence and stability, then we all need to jump at about the same time to get the momentum going and bounce out of the twatterverse.

As it stands now, there is no real competition.

> I'm aware, and do you realize nobody of note is using the alternatives?

That's exactly the point - there is no reason to believe this would change if Musk created his own social network.

I'd be willing to give it a shot if it's backed by $$$ and a progressive technologist.

Your two comments show you’re the perfect audience and user for an Elon social platform. Every failed or failing Twitter esque platform has some number of perfect audience fits. The problem is that those aren’t enough users. There is no reason to believe an Elon venture would fare markedly better.

The amount of users who once used twitter minus still use twitter is greater than current twitter users. You could build off of everyone rejecting twitter.

That only makes sense if everyone who stopped using Twitter is some kind of united cohort. Many people were simply not interested in the format, didn't find content that cared about, didn't have friends using it, drifted off to other social networks etc. Good luck gathering all of these people together on a new platform.

Most people who have “rejected” Twitter did not do so because of Twitter issues but wanting micro blogging sort of social platform.

Most rejected the overall concept. The amt of users that stil want something similar but not Twitter AND who will be appeased by whatever alt Twitter is made is an even smaller number.

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