- Cash grab on an old name and hoping people pony up the $20 to join it.
- Not using ActivityPub or ATProto.
Yeah, it's already DOA.
If anyone is serious about creating a new centralised social network these days, they have already lost.
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It may well be intended as a serious attempt but personally I'm just going to view it as trolling/a gimmick, in which case I don't care how shit the actual platform is. Seems to be more about making a point against Musk than getting a serious userbase.
Shame. A new Twitter that supports all the open protocols would have been cool. Fediverse with a name people recognise.
Isn't that just Mastodon?
Mastodon is not called Twitter, and the vast majority of people have no idea what it is, unfortunately. A Mastodon instance called Twitter would be a great idea, although I think Mastodon doesn't support all the protocols like Friendica does. But Friendica is too unlike Twitter.
I suppose that could potentially drag Mastodon's developer into a legal fight (if X were to sue them), which would be costly and a distraction.
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So, I'm just checking..
- It is not open source?
- It uses AI to "Fact-Check"?
- It costs 20$ to join, and possibly more later?
Well, they have chosen interesting path those people behind this thing.
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They're probably trying to give Phoenix vibes with the new logo, but I'm not Pheelin' it.
Not sure if we really need more social media.
2022: Come on, it's just 8$ it's basically the price of a coffee.
2026: Come on, it's just 20$ it's basically the price of a coffee.
2030: Come on, it's just 50 bottle caps, it's basically the price of a coffee.
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A comment from a reader of that article said: "Running some real 'Gandalf the White/Twitter as it was meant to be' energy."
And I can agree.
Lol. It'd be hilarious if this succeeded. It was so dumb of Musk to change the name.
Twitter, formally X, formally Twitter
i can't even resolve the app.twitter.now subdomain, off to a great start