If Twitter crashes and burns, what existing or in-development social media site could "replace" it?
Ask HN: What social media site could replace Twitter?
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Re: Ask HN: What social media site could replace Twitter?
#2There are probably 100 twitter alternatives and none are close to replacing it . Hard to say but does not look promising.
Re: Ask HN: What social media site could replace Twitter?
#3People are still using twitter…? Steve Inskeep of NPR nailed it on Up First when he started his report “Hard to say what the media mogul [Musk] will do with the site that most people do not use but which has a huge influence over news coverage.” (Fri, Oct 28). My bet is on TikTok, where millions of people already prefer to spend their time.
Re: Ask HN: What social media site could replace Twitter?
#4None. The power of Twitter is the people there. The huge network effects.
If people leave Twitter, they’re not all going to go to the same place. They’ll go to different places or give up on the concept all together.
It’s irreplaceable. It’s an artifact of a very different time. I don’t think it can ever be recreated.
Re: Ask HN: What social media site could replace Twitter?
#5For me the biggest value of Twitter is that some celebrities are using it. So, media they choose will be a new big thing. But I would like them to use some kind of Blockchain-powered source because what celebrities publish is history sometimes.
Re: Ask HN: What social media site could replace Twitter?
#6None. The power of Twitter is the people there. The huge network effects. If people leave Twitter, they’re not all going to go to the same place. They’ll go to different places or give up on the concept all together. It’s irreplaceable. It’s an artifact of a very different time. I don’t think it can ever be recreated.
Let’s revisit this comment in 5 years.
Re: Ask HN: What social media site could replace Twitter?
#7People are still using twitter…? Steve Inskeep of NPR nailed it on Up First when he started his report “Hard to say what the media mogul [Musk] will do with the site that most people do not use but which has a huge influence over news coverage.” (Fri, Oct 28). My bet is on TikTok, where millions of people already prefer to spend their time.
Yes, people are still using Twitter. TikTok is a very different thing, it's not a replacement for Twitter.
Re: Ask HN: What social media site could replace Twitter?
#8People are still using twitter…? Steve Inskeep of NPR nailed it on Up First when he started his report “Hard to say what the media mogul [Musk] will do with the site that most people do not use but which has a huge influence over news coverage.” (Fri, Oct 28). My bet is on TikTok, where millions of people already prefer to spend their time.
Just to be blunt about it, the people whose opinions matter are obsessed with Twitter, not TikTok.
Re: Ask HN: What social media site could replace Twitter?
#9None. The power of Twitter is the people there. The huge network effects. If people leave Twitter, they’re not all going to go to the same place. They’ll go to different places or give up on the concept all together. It’s irreplaceable. It’s an artifact of a very different time. I don’t think it can ever be recreated.
Maybe it could be - by something else that already has a large network. Facebook, say, could add a "tweet-like" feature.
Re: Ask HN: What social media site could replace Twitter?
#10None. The power of Twitter is the people there. The huge network effects. If people leave Twitter, they’re not all going to go to the same place. They’ll go to different places or give up on the concept all together. It’s irreplaceable. It’s an artifact of a very different time. I don’t think it can ever be recreated.
Let’s revisit this comment in 5 years.
I think OP and you can both be right.
Twitter may shrink and even disappear in 5 years.
But that doesn't mean it will be ever be replaced by any 1 thing.