I want it to be Mastodon I think it'll be TikTok
Mastodon should stop mimicking Twitter (or TweetDeck, to be precise) and go for the internet forum revival.
Ask HN: What social media site could replace Twitter?
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Re: Ask HN: What social media site could replace Twitter?
#42TikTok 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.
Possible, but I don't think mega apps will ever take off in the US.
Re: Ask HN: What social media site could replace Twitter?
#43TikTok 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.
More likely WeChat makes a clone for the Western market.
Re: Ask HN: What social media site could replace Twitter?
#44I'm hoping it would not get replaced. There are no mannerisms at all. For example: HN tries to cultivate intelligent posts full of information, fosstodon looks for kind, easygoing posts. Twitter looks for (and finds) the worst kind of sarcasm and toxicity. Self-moderation is discouraged, because it is not a site-wide rule.
Re: Ask HN: What social media site could replace Twitter?
#45Every network is unique, I don't think you could ever replace Twitter. Anything not Twitter is going to be different. Twitter itself is constantly changing.
A better question might be, what are you CURRENTLY using as a place to find communities (if this is what you're looking for) outside of Twitter? Answers to this question are going to be the most useful.
Every community is unique. FB is useless to me for most things, but there are some communities which thrive in FB groups. Some communities have a thriving Discord, other communities in adjacent domains might be more into Slack. Finding the right spots requires a bit of hunting. Reddit is great for some communities, dead to others.
What I like about Twitter vs any other network tool, is the random interesting stuff I can come across which is still somewhat related to people I follow. I don't see that replaced by any other platform. Niche places have more utility in some ways, but less randomness.
Re: Ask HN: What social media site could replace Twitter?
#46Mastodon. https://joinmastodon.org/ But people go where people are, so we’ll see if it gets traction.
Problem is Mastodon has been around since 2016. It's got some attention, but never to the level that it could challenge Twitter. Reminds me of challengers to YouTube. Some YouTube challengers like Dailymotion, Vimeo, Twitch, etc... have got some media attention and hype, and have done OK, but just not at the level where it can be seen as a replacement. Get the feeling that Mastodon is in the same category, in comparison to Twitter.
Re: Ask HN: What social media site could replace Twitter?
#47Earlier quoted context omitted.
Instagram is mostly softcore porn. People who don't want that don't want to hang out there.
The content you see Instagram is up to you. I don't get any of that. Clean up what you follow! Lol
Maybe soft porn is a bit of a reach or possibly not the best way to describe it, but it does seem people come for the visuals, not the text. Instagram comes off as much more sexualized (even if indirectly) and female oriented.
Re: Ask HN: What social media site could replace Twitter?
#48Gab is doing well and growing all the time.
I think it will only ever attract right wingers. Maybe they consider that a feature.
Re: Ask HN: What social media site could replace Twitter?
#49the 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?
it already exists
Re: Ask HN: What social media site could replace Twitter?
#50I'm sure it won't be mastadon
masto not masta