Ever since Elon Musk took the helm of Twitter, it’s been running with a rattle and a mouse spinning in a wheel. In other words, it’s still standing purely by chance (when it’s still standing). If you’re also experiencing the downfall of Twitter day by day, 600 tweets to 600 tweets, and you’re wondering where the best place is to escape and create a new virtual civilization, we bring you the four best options. However, if you want a sneak peek of the moral of the story: it’s better to have a dying Twitter begging for death than a social network where your comments echo.
Mastodon
Surely you have an account on Mastodon, the decentralized Twitter that… is difficult to learn how to use. Those who have already built a new cyber life there say that it’s easier to block people you don’t want to see, that once you get the hang of it, it becomes pure intuition, and that you can write extremely long posts without having to pay anyone (and probably never having to do so). Among all the alternatives, Mastodon is the most popular… although, let’s be honest, it only fills up when Twitter is struggling. It’s like Telegram when WhatsApp breaks down… or the bird’s own network when Instagram doesn’t work.
BlueSky
Jack Dorsey took Elon Musk’s money and went off to create his own platform, BlueSky, which for now can only be accessed by invitation (they give one every fifteen days), and it’s… Twitter in a more primitive state. Exactly. Well, with an owner who isn’t an arrogant millionaire parodied in a thousand movies like ‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery,’ but otherwise, all the secrecy wasn’t worth it. By the time it comes to light, it will be too late (probably), and we’ll already be onto other things.
Truth Social
When Donald Trump was banned from Twitter, the former US president decided to establish his own social network centered around his persona. It’s essentially a version of Mastodon tailored for Trump’s fans, so you already know what to expect there: QAnon, fake news, conspiracies, and lies. If that’s your cup of tea, go ahead. If not, it’s better to pretend it doesn’t exist.
Dreaming of the return of Tuenti
There was a time when everything was simpler, damn it. In Tuenti, there were no millionaire gentlemen, the Nazis were silent, and everything seemed easier (because it WAS easier, among other things). What’s the alternative if you don’t like making videos? Facebook is the most outdated social network, and the rest are still in their infancy.
Who knows if Threads, the app that Instagram is creating to copy Twitter (have we forgotten that Stories are a copy of Snapchat and Reels of TikTok?), will find the key… even if we go from an arrogant millionaire to another arrogant millionaire. It’s like jumping from the boiling pot into the virtual frying pan. Internet has been good while it lasted: Can it just end already?
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