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 ck2 » Tue, Nov 01, 2022, 4:35 AM UTC

It's going to be a free-for-all wild-west like the early 2000s again.

https://blueskyweb.xyz/blog

Twitter's only power was "eyeballs" and now there are going to be a dozen sites trying to take a cut of that.

(how on earth Twitter is going to make $1 Billion/year to pay financing is beyond my grasp)

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

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Post by cpeterso » Tue, Nov 01, 2022, 4:37 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 practically anti-text. The app doesn't linkify URs because they don't want users to escape the app. Users worked around this with "see link in bio" to access Linktree pages. The app won't even let users select text in posts because they might copy a URL and escape the app.

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

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Post by tough » Tue, Nov 01, 2022, 4:37 AM UTC

lupire wrote: post #22

riffic wrote: post #16

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.

Why hasn't it been created yet?

Let's do it. What do you think it needs to have or be?

Momentum is important, Musk irrumped now. Lots of minds are -thinking- about change. One could leverage that into springbooting something new

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

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Post by samplatt » Tue, Nov 01, 2022, 4:40 AM UTC

MisterSandman wrote: post #27

xnx wrote: post #17

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.

I highly highly doubt this. TikTok was a new idea and targeted young people. It has no brand value or widespread cultural support for it to be able to expand into other types of social media. Pretty much every TikTok creator hates the monetization and many are shifting focus to YouTube.

Interesting. I was under the impression that YouTube creators hate the lack of transparent moderation and have been moving to other platforms - often, like TikTok.

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

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Post by a-user-you-like » Tue, Nov 01, 2022, 4:42 AM UTC

Gab is doing well and growing all the time.

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

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Post by MangoCoffee » Tue, Nov 01, 2022, 4:43 AM UTC

the story about missile strikes on Ukraine pop up last night on Twitter via BBC News's tweet.

you can get the latest news/tweet from on the ground reporters.

i don't know which social media platform can give me this type of update.

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

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Post by DesiLurker » Tue, Nov 01, 2022, 4:43 AM UTC

oliyoung wrote: post #21

I want it to be Mastodon I think it'll be TikTok

Mastodon needs a patron to host & manage the site. but somebody who can avoid mission creep and the strong lure of tracking & ad dollars. maybe if craigslist folks can do a bare minimal version with just good enough content discovery algos they may be able to. but you do need a big name for people to start gravitating towards it when twitter screws up (& screw up it will!).

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

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Post by whateveracct » Tue, Nov 01, 2022, 4:43 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…

Blue check has like 0 moat.

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

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Post by valeg » Tue, Nov 01, 2022, 4:51 AM UTC

There is nothing that can compare with this addictive ticker. A huge and lindy network effect.

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

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Post by sublinear » Tue, Nov 01, 2022, 4:53 AM UTC

Twitter is now too big to fail and paid verification is a very smart business move. Those displaced by the changes will just move to platforms that are a better fit. I don't see what the problem is.