Some Alternatives to Twitter

[usonian]

Unfortunately, these seem niche, but what isn't, compared to the giant(s)?
And giants started out as niche, until they weren't

https://www.lifewire.com/best-twitter-alternatives-5114545
The 7 Best Twitter Alternatives in 2022
More micro-blogging platforms you should try this year.

Oddly, they left out Discord.
https://discord.com/

Imagine a place...
...where you can belong to a school club, a gaming group, or a worldwide art community. Where just you and a handful of friends can spend time together. A place that makes it easy to talk every day and hang out more often.

Create an invite-only place where you belong
Discord servers are organized into topic-based channels where you can collaborate, share, and just talk about your day without clogging up a group chat.

They have a moderation academy!
https://discord.com/moderation

Naturally, as soon as I posted this, I found that Discord code had been hacked (but only the sites that use Patreon Authentication -- whatever that is -- and that it was immediately diagnosed and the code base was patched). Such is life in the internet lane. Big companies take weeks and months to patch exploits. (found on Hacker News, https://news.ycombinator.com/newest )

[SheltieLover]

1. Kicking for visibility

[PlutosHeart]

2. FB and T are huge platforms

and that is why they succeed in being places to get information out to large numbers of people. Small ones fail in this. There needs to be a large competitor that will assure the left has presence since RW media owns like +75%.

[regnaD kciN]

3. Really surprised they didn't include CounterSocial...

It seems like that’s where a lot of #twexit folks are going.

I’m @JDWalley over there.

[progressoid]

4. I know a local candidate who tried to use Discord for her campaign.

It's not really working.

[eShirl]

5. I've settled into Reddit since I got suspended from Twitter early 2021

And no, Reddit isn't just a cesspool filled with trolls, like some DUers say.

[LeftInTX]

7. Does the NYT break news on reddit?

Reddit is great for certain stuff, but it's not a media power house platform.
Does CBS break news on reddit? How about the NWS?

[Trueblue1968]

6. K&R