I tried replacing Twitter with Bluesky, Threads, and Mastodon: Here’s what I found [Video]

Joining a new social network in 2024 is an odd, lonely, quiet experience. By now, most social networkers have established communities online. But if those communities were on Twitter (now known as X), they may have died off.

We follow, and are followed by, a relatively large number of people on Facebook and LinkedIn. Your followers may be true friends, business colleagues, family members, fans, and other constituents. 

Also: 5 reasons to try Twitter rival Bluesky (no invite needed)

Over on X, things have gotten a lot more fraught since the presidential election. Because X’s current owner has close ties to one of the sides in America’s rather boisterous political debate, folks aligned with the other side have started to bail, mostly for Bluesky. Bluesky has seen 500% growth since the election.

I haven’t left X, and have no immediate intention to do so. Unlike many of my friends and …