Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that allows users to send and read short 140-character messages called "tweets". It was founded in 2006, and has since become one of the most popular social media platforms for communication and sharing. Twitter is an easy way to share ideas, news, and opinions with other people. It is a great tool for keeping up with friends, family, and colleagues. It also allows users to follow people, organizations, and news sources. This gives users access to a wide range of interesting and useful information. Twitter is not just a way to communicate with friends, family, and colleagues. It is also a powerful marketing tool. Companies and organizations can use Twitter to reach out to their target audiences, share information, and build relationships with potential customers. Twitter can also be used to connect with people in creative and interesting ways. For example, users can join conversations on topics they are passionate about, participate in Twitter polls, or even join in on live events. In conclusion, Twitter is a popular social media platform that allows users to stay connected with friends, family, and colleagues, as well as access a wide range of interesting and useful information. It is also a powerful marketing tool for businesses and organizations.
Free.non-commercial.no shadow bans or censorship of views.
I like how I can say what I want and ppl can silence me.
It's a lot like Twitter with a 500 character limit, except there is no *site* you have to trust, but you can choose the mastodon server ("instance") you trust and they are linked, so you can follow people from other instances. All instances have their own rules, so you can choose a site with as few or as many rules as you are comfortable with.
So far, it is the most "twitter-like" as the others mentioned, while it also has a sleek and nice user interface. However, it has a lot of strict rules about what I can post and what I can't. Other than that it looks decent
Mastodon takes what's good about Twitter, adds good moderation and is decentralized and hate-free. If you just want to share your life or your thoughts, this is the place. The 500 character limit is also very useful, as well as cases for certain communities and common interests.
I can do everything on Minds that I can do on Twitter without censorship!
Minds is a good alternative to Twitter because it doesn't have the baggage that comes with Twitter's many moderation problems. Minds has a much more transparent policy where the things you post are visible to other people. Minds is, hands down, the best personal alternative to Twitter functions without the censorship of dissenting opinion buffs.
Free speech and includes many Facebook and YouTube features in one platform.
Diaspora is a Facebook alternative, not like Twitter.
Diaspora makes great use of hashtags and has a large user base with many established instances. It also allows a person to have an account there but connect through other platforms such as GNUSocial, Friendica and Hubzilla.
Because you can write whatever you want and you won't be banned!
Facebook is not a microblogging platform.
Agree ... is not used for the same purpose.
Facebook is a corporate money maker. Partial. Liberal ad nauseam. Not at all open-minded. In the government's pocket.
The problem is that Twitter does not preserve your privacy when you Tweet. First, all your connections, who you follow and what you like or retweet is used to profile you. Secondly, all information about you can be quoted very easily. Twister is an alternative that preserves your privacy and distributes information in a way that is not centralized for one person/company to give to others.
Twitter-like interface, interfaces with Fediverse, better moderation tools than Mastodon.
Patchwork is a decentralized messaging platform where your computer networks have the same topology as your social networks.
Patchwork the p2p social network is actively used and growing rapidly. The "Patchwork" client is being replaced by newer clients, such as patchwork-next.
With its tag system for categories, it is a good alternative for the search of interests to follow.
Discontinued has not been updated since 2015. Source: https://github.com/Libertree/libertree
Gab
Mastodon
Minds
Diaspora
Facebook
GNU social
Friendica
Known
ZeroMe
Twister
Ello
Patchwork
Openbook
Musteus
Libertree
Plurk
THINK thenlive
Hawaar
GAB does not censor free speech, but allows users to mute users/content themselves. Superior to corporate censorship.