I miss the old Twitter when I saw the stupid X animation.
~~Twitter~~ X is Elon Musk’s world. Pretty soon he’ll have so much control over his platform that he can practically cron kings and manipulate outcomes to fit his personal political agenda. And don’t even get me started on his whole stupid “X the everything app bullshit.
The only everything app that has succeeded so far is WeChat in China. But it’s apparently a surveillance app for the masses by the government. Seriously, why the hell would I want to link my social media account with my bank account and even my government ID? What’s the benefit in that?
I’d rather keep the digital me disconnected to the real me.
First of all, you gotta understand why Elon wants to transform Twitter/X into an all-encompassing app. Let me tell you, because he wants to become the master of data.
Having a central cloud allows them to gather all user data and chat history in one place, which enables them to monitor us and use this data to refine algorithms. This, in turn, lets us become more addicted to the platform or allows them to sell our data for ads.
Storing everything in one place is quite convenient for the platform owner, but it's also a ticking time bomb for data leaks.
Migration recommendation: WireMin. I prefer it over Nostr, Bluesky, or even Threads. It's an entirely different concept. WireMin hasn't copied anything from Twitter; it's clear they are striving to create a completely new social platform. It's decentralized, private, secure, and supports free speech. If people are trying to migrate, I would recommend you all to check it out.
Closed source? Cringe.
You can self host it, not that I would but if you need more privacy.