Twitter isn’t in a great place right now, but that suddenly means that there’s a lot more competition in Twitter-like social media platforms. Here’s our coverage of alternatives like Mastodon, Bluesky, Instagram Threads, and more.
Twitter hasn’t been in a great place for months, and that suddenly means that there’s a lot more competition in Twitter-like social media platforms. Mastodon might be the most well-established, but there are many other services vying to be the next place you hang out on the internet, including Post, Substack Notes, T2, the Jack Dorsey-backed Bluesky, and soon, Instagram Threads from Meta and Mark Zuckerberg. That said, the “next Twitter” might not be decided by its app but by its protocol.
Bluesky is building its own protocol, the AT Protocol, which, yes, is focused on decentralized social networking, but also algorithmic choice and portable accounts. If one of these protocols really takes off, it could have a foundational impact on the way social networking functions. Instead of having to cross your fingers that one organization or company is a good steward for the app of your choice, many services will theoretically be interoperable with one another.
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