Ask HN: What social media site could replace Twitter? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: What social media site could replace Twitter?

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Post by mradek » Tue, Nov 01, 2022, 4:09 AM UTC

I think the "blue check" verification on Twitter is its most powerful asset. The most important people in the world (culture icons, heads of state & companies, and subject matter experts) congregate there to share their thoughts.

Personally I think Twitter would work best if it was left to be just that. I don't think anyone really cares about what I have to say, for example. I'm just some random guy who works at a software company, and just being honest I don't believe that I have contributed anything super valuable to the world thus far. If I do, maybe I become someone important in my field or part of launching some important project/company, then maybe I could be invited to Twitter. Kind of like those high end credit cards that one has to be invited to based on their income/asset level.

Then again, I have no idea how that would make money (besides showing ads to followers like me) so I'm back to just following those important people for now lol. No way I'm paying money to view twitter, I'm cutting down on how much I spend on these monthly subscription services.

Re: Ask HN: What social media site could replace Twitter?

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Nov 01, 2022, 4:11 AM UTC

MBCook wrote: post #4

None. 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.

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Re: Ask HN: What social media site could replace Twitter?

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Post by acomjean » Tue, Nov 01, 2022, 4:13 AM UTC

Mastodon.

https://joinmastodon.org/

But people go where people are, so we’ll see if it gets traction.

Re: Ask HN: What social media site could replace Twitter?

#14

Post by tayo42 » Tue, Nov 01, 2022, 4:16 AM UTC

If Instagram had better text post support, I think everyone would just go there. They basically are already. Bands and companies promote them selves there already more frequently. Stories let people already share their stupid political hot tales. Honestly not sure what Twitter has over Instagram.

Instagram starting from scratch for small text posts would allow them to fix a lot of mistakes Twitter made

Maybe reddit, but seeing how their new ui is going I doubt they have the right people to make decisions there

Also, Twitter was is already dieing naturally. I don't think people actually want more Twitter

Re: Ask HN: What social media site could replace Twitter?

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Post by riffic » Tue, Nov 01, 2022, 4:16 AM UTC

mradek wrote: post #11

I think the "blue check" verification on Twitter is its most powerful asset. The most important people in the world (culture icons, heads of state & companies, and subject matter experts) congregate there to share their thoughts. Personally I think Twitter would work best if it was left to be just that. I don't think anyone really cares about what I have to say, for example. I'm just some random guy who works at a so…

verification has always been an arbitrary label, placed upon an account by someone inside Twitter (generally because they like you).

Re: Ask HN: What social media site could replace Twitter?

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Post by riffic » Tue, Nov 01, 2022, 4:17 AM UTC

the federated social web built upon ActivityPub, merely because it can not be put back inside the bottle.

There will come along something more usable and interesting than Mastodon but talking the same standardized language for interoperability.

Re: Ask HN: What social media site could replace Twitter?

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Post by xnx » Tue, Nov 01, 2022, 4:18 AM UTC

TikTok is most likely to become the first mega app (what Elmo has stated he wants to create as X) that's popular in the US.

Re: Ask HN: What social media site could replace Twitter?

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Post by lupire » Tue, Nov 01, 2022, 4:18 AM UTC

AnimalMuppet wrote: post #9

MBCook wrote: post #4

None. 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.

FB already has tweets: posts, reshares, likes, and embedded images.

Re: Ask HN: What social media site could replace Twitter?

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Post by riffic » Tue, Nov 01, 2022, 4:20 AM UTC

bpodgursky wrote: post #8

DisorgRel wrote: post #3

People 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.

that's kind of dismissive.

Re: Ask HN: What social media site could replace Twitter?

#20

Post by lupire » Tue, Nov 01, 2022, 4:21 AM UTC

tayo42 wrote: post #14

If Instagram had better text post support, I think everyone would just go there. They basically are already. Bands and companies promote them selves there already more frequently. Stories let people already share their stupid political hot tales. Honestly not sure what Twitter has over Instagram. Instagram starting from scratch for small text posts would allow them to fix a lot of mistakes Twitter made Maybe reddit,…

Instagram is mostly softcore porn. People who don't want that don't want to hang out there.