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This is what Instagram’s upcoming Twitter competitor looks like (www.theverge.com)

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Meta is talking to celebrities like Oprah and the Dalai Lama about being early users. ‘We’ve been hearing from creators and public figures who are interested in having a platform that is sanely run,’ a top exec told employees.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Looks like Facebook is trying to scoop up the Twitter userbase now that it's burning down.

I'm not opposed to a Twitter replacement/rival, but I really wish it wasn't in the Facebook family.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Agreed, this is not the solution I'm looking for. It's not quite there in terms of user on-boarding, but I'm rooting for Mastodon.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Open source and/or federated options should be the ultimate goal for the community needs of the internet. At least we have those options now--albeit in smaller scale than the originals. I don't think they'll reach mass adoption, though. Too many people don't care or have become accustomed to the "free" centralized mega-hub websites to want an alternative. Look at current criticisms of lemmy et al.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I wont touch Meta products... so wont use it