Twitter is ending, where do we go?

Twitter ended for me a long time ago. Keybase is my choice. The chat feature is the least used feature for me. Other features, I use extensively are the KV store, file sharing, private git repository and web hosting. For those wanting to use Keybase, you may want to look into the PowerShell module I wrote called PSKeyBase. This module automates a lot of integration with these Keybase features and works on Windows, Linux, MacOS or any OS supporting PowerShell Core.

You're right, Mastodon isn't the only option - it's just the closest user experience to Twitter so people see it as that.

Really, anything that uses ActivityPub is going to be around as long as anything else that uses ActivityPub. And that protocol and its clients will evolve over time to support newer types of social media as they become fashionable.

If you want to avoid ActivityPub then you're pretty much in the land of

• people using ActivityPub and pretending they're not
• proprietary silos
• using something that's not microblogging, like Discord or RocketChat

I would concur with your opinion regarding Mastadon, which is why I have decided not to participate over there.

I don't think Twitter is ending, at least not in the immediate. If Twitter meets a demise, I suspect it will be a wimpering defeat 5+ years from now when we've all forgotten it and moved on to something new.

In the meantime, I'd just encourage you to keep an eye on places like Dev.to, Hacker News, and Product Hunt for the new hot thing that will revolutionize micro communications.

What's wrong with Twitter. What, people don't like that free speech is finally back with Elon?

Every time I see someone saying that Twitter is dead, GitHub comes to my mind. When it was bought by Microsoft, tons of devs were complaining about that talking about moving to GitLab. But that lasted a few months, and today GitHub is still the dominant.

Of course, Twitter can disappear as a lot of services had done, but I think that in several months Twitter will be the same as before Elon. There's still too much people there having conversations and there are a lot of media companies sharing news.

And what's important also is that a regular person can register and use Twitter. I like Mastodon much more, but I feel it's more complicated to use because you need to understand how the fediverse works, then select a server with open registration, and get used to how it works. It's the same with Signal and other messaging apps, it does not matter if they are the best ones. Regular people is used to WhatsApp or Telegram, almost anyone has an account there, so why switching to another (more secure or whatever) platform?

ending ? it's blooming
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Yes - I thought about ending lots of stuff. I still use though. I don't see anything new that changes my mind. So what if they open the platform up? Censorship is a dangerous path and freedom is taken for granted. Lots of people have paid for that. My choice. If someone censors this - that is their choice. It is a private channel isn't it?
I have no control. If Twitter was made to be an open forum - I am glad it is returning to the same.

Mastodon has a lot of potential, but the diversity of material is predictably sparse; it just recently got more popular.

I also tried counter.social, but the user interface seems lacking.

Not in a panic to leave Twitter. The new owner might even improve his business strategy.

Twitter announced today they're banning links from other social media (mainly Mastodon)

Is that free speach? Elon Musk destroyed a company knew from a beautiful culture