Twitter Yet Again Has a Shake Up
The recent shakeup on Twitter has users leaving in droves and people searching for another place to go
It's no secret that Twitter has been in a slow decline for a while now, but unfortunately, the most recent problem occurring Friday into Saturday could be the last straw.
The head of Twitter, Elon Musk, recently announced that Twitter would start limiting the number of tweets read in a day by users.
Credit of: https://twitter.com/elonmusk
In just a matter of hours, tweets from Twitter users came flooding in. Some said that they had already reached their limit for the day. And others claimed that they couldn’t even see their own profile.
And in reaction to these new stipulations, Twitter users were sharing where else they were located on the web or leaving the platform to search for greener pastures.
But, where else was there to go if they weren't using Twitter?
This is a social platform that is similar to Twitter and was created by one of Twitter's previous creators.
Currently, in its beta stage of development, it was beginning to welcome new users to the platforms and signups who would join a waitlist to enter the platform. But, after Twitter's recent readable Tweet limit, many users fled to Bluesky. And the influx of traffic caused Bluesky to temporarily halt signups for the beta version.
You can see the article here: Bluesky temporarily halts sign-ups because so many people are joining from Twitter.
2. Mastodon
At the beginning of Twitter's troubles, many users began singing the praises of Mastodon.
With a feed and board system similar to Twitter, the difference here is that users are divided into servers. These servers are based on topics or interests so that users can find like-minded individuals. However, users can still find and tag one another across servers when they post content.
The character limit is higher for posts and you can still post like you could on Twitter. The drawback, however, is that you can’t reach the various people you could with each post that you could on Twitter.
3. Meta Twitter-Like Platform
Now, this option is far from complete, but, people have been talking about its potential.
Facebook has been struggling for some time now as it tries to maintain a younger audience. And Instagram has been in competition with TikTok to keep its users. So, inevitably, the company has needed to venture into something new to keep them afloat.
So, when Twitter began having trouble, Meta announced they were willing to take them on by building a platform similar to Twitter under the Meta name.
See Facebook parent Meta is exploring a Twitter-like app.
Now, some readers may be wondering why a platform like Twitter disappearing could be detrimental to users.
For starters, for me and many other writers, Twitter is a pivotal piece in marketing our content and making connections.
Slowly and tediously, I have been working my way up the Twitter platform to grow my following to 24.8k followers. And to this date, it has helped me to connect with book bloggers and reviewers, and sell numerous copies of my books.
As I have built on Twitter, I have been slowly working to build on TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook.
However, there are many other users who rely on Twitter alone because it is their best-performing platform.
But, in reality, this Twitter situation has taught many of us who are building in public a valuable lesson.
When building in public, it is important to spread out slowly but surely. Mainly because no social media platform is guaranteed. And you will find different audiences on each platform.
In the end, even if Twitter doesn’t last, it was a successful platform for a long time, which means someone is going to make something similar.
Keep building in public and you can make it.