Great news — social media is falling apart::I don't know where to post: there are too many social platforms, and the old giants are dying. The age of social media is splintering.

  • Evilcoleslaw@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Inertia and that it still has a large userbase. The media outlets and corporations won't leave until something causes a mass exodus – like Twitter/X becoming subscription only.

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      Yeah, seeing a lot of places capitulating, replacing the Twitter bird with an X. Though the BBC has been experimenting with Mastodon for a few months, lately…

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        1 year ago

        Along with MSNBC, ProPublica, The Intercept, Voice of America, The Mirror, Rolling Stone, Al Jazeera, and a bunch of others.