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Twitter had Mastadon; is there a service these users will migrate to en masse, or will the results be more fragmented? Personally, the 2nd choices aren't as clear to me as they were in the Twitter case, which makes me wonder if we will see a mass exodus. I was far more aware of Mastadon than I am of the Reddit alternatives, some of which historically have had less savory reputations. Genuinely curious, what are the long-term viable alternatives?

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BlueSky is the viable alternative to Twitter. It’s got a vibrant growing community that feels reminiscent of early Twitter

I received my Bluesky invitation a few weeks ago, and from what I can tell Bluesky in its curent state is full of people sharing screenshots from Twitter and complaining about Twitter.

It doesn't feel vibrant to me at all. If anything, it began as an echo chamber on day one and doesn't seem to want to be anything else. As someone who has been on Twitter since early 2008, it certainly doesn't remind me of an early Twitter.

TBF, after the October Revolution at Twitter, parts of Mastodon could be pretty overrun with both newly-arrived refugees and quite a few Fediverse old-timers snarking on the birbsite.

People tend to talk about things that are salient to them, and disruption of large media institutions hits that button squarely.

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