his arrival Elon Musk in front of twitter opened a scene of chaos inside. platform. The world’s richest man liquidated more than half of his workforce in a wave of attacks. layoffs Over 4,800 rejections, the verification system is in shambles, many advertisers are withdrawing their investments, and users are already detecting failures in both cybersecurity and moderation of extremist content. ” bankruptcy It’s not being overlooked,” Musk explained to his employees.
This reality suggests a hypothetical collapse of Twitter. What should you do if your death is confirmed? The truth is, it’s hard to predict what will happen to the company when you’re at the helm of someone as unpredictable as Musk. social network But it’s clear that this sudden turnaround worries users who are already thinking about the disappearance of the platform. Platform website, users you can download all your history to keep it safe.
Twitter has approximately 436 million monthly users worldwide. These figures are far from the most used. Facebook 2.934 million accumulate, YouTube reaches 2,515, What’s up? has 2,000 million, instagram 1,389 followed by the Chinese chat Y TikTok With 1,299 and 1,000 million, according to a report by Hootsuite and We Are Social in October. All have grown their user base at a better rate than Twitter.
Still, the existence of the social network currently in Musk’s hands is essential in shaping the public debate. And that’s because it has been the home and speaker of the media, political leaders, athletes, artists and other public figures since its birth in 2006. After years of building a digital community of followers on the platform, many fear that all this work will collapse. Besides being informed, it is a space where many go for their activism or for a joke.
This factor increased uncertainty among users and resulted in a clear search for alternatives that work similarly to Twitter. The name that sounds the most, Mastodon, a unified and decentralized social network that has gained hundreds of thousands of followers in recent weeks. However, its use is seen as too complex to allow it to stand as a real alternative to Twitter.
Best known redditIt was established as a forum of forums that has been active since 2005 and has 430 million monthly users, close to Twitter. The list also includes other options such as: TumblrLike those that have been operating as a series of blogs since 2007 or newer and niche ones conflictUsed by the ‘player’ community or right-wing users Gab, Parler or RealSociallasted donald trump. There are even mentions of other platforms still in development, such as Cohost. blue skya decentralized project supported by jack dorseyFounder and former chairman of Twitter, whose future is uncertain.
This turbulent scenario has also led to speculation about the birth of a new Twitter. But tech giants Aim (The company that owns Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and others), Google anyone Microsoft They wouldn’t be interested in creating clones of the bird’s social network, as sources from these companies suggested to Axios. And they don’t because a service like Twitter would be a political, social and legal headache without a juicy job as a reward. Musk spent 41,000 million euros for that model.