Some Alternatives to Twitter [View all]

[usonian]

Unfortunately, these seem niche, but what isn't, compared to the giant(s)?
And giants started out as niche, until they weren't

https://www.lifewire.com/best-twitter-alternatives-5114545
The 7 Best Twitter Alternatives in 2022
More micro-blogging platforms you should try this year.

Oddly, they left out Discord.
https://discord.com/

Imagine a place...
...where you can belong to a school club, a gaming group, or a worldwide art community. Where just you and a handful of friends can spend time together. A place that makes it easy to talk every day and hang out more often.

Create an invite-only place where you belong
Discord servers are organized into topic-based channels where you can collaborate, share, and just talk about your day without clogging up a group chat.

They have a moderation academy!
https://discord.com/moderation

Naturally, as soon as I posted this, I found that Discord code had been hacked (but only the sites that use Patreon Authentication -- whatever that is -- and that it was immediately diagnosed and the code base was patched). Such is life in the internet lane. Big companies take weeks and months to patch exploits. (found on Hacker News, https://news.ycombinator.com/newest )