Since Elon Musk became CEO of Twitter and laid off thousands of employees, former Twitter employees and Big Tech competitors have focused on creating Twitter alternatives.
While none can rival Twitter’s audience size of 556 million members yet, they offer those dissatisfied with Twitter’s new policies a fresh start.
Spearheaded by former Twitter employees and other notable names in Big Tech, these emerging microblogging networks offer new platforms for expression without fear of censorship, loss of privacy, and algorithmic control.
Let’s examine the top Twitter alternatives and their features and potential impact.
What Are Some Emerging Twitter Alternatives?
Spill, founded by former Twitter employees, plans to use blockchain technology to compensate content creators on the conversational platform. You can reserve your username now and get notified when it goes live.
T2, also developed by former Twitter employees, offers verification checks to Twitter users with legacy verification. (I hope you captured a screenshot of your profile before the end of the legacy verified program.)
Backed by former Twitter exec Jack Dorsey, Bluesky launched as an invite-only community built on the AT Protocol for large-scale distributed social apps. The Bluesky app has been downloaded over 245,000 times.
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