[toofy]

it’s not “advertised” as a twitter _clone_, it’s just being talked about as an alternative.

whether or not it fits what people are looking for, it’s being compared to twitter because it’s been pretty clear for a few years, even prior to the elon mess, twitter users really want to move somewhere else, they just haven’t settled yet on where.

this is all reminiscent of discussions around facebook a few years ago, it was clear at the time it was on its way out, people just hadn’t settled on where to go at the time. most just shifted their time to twitter or insta and the kids all just went to tiktok.

twitter will be the same way. if i had to guess it will be similar to facebooks boomerish crowd, twitter will have its user base who refuses to move on—they’ll be shaking their fists at the “cancel culture virtue signal woke woke” sky and the rest of the internet will just continue on somewhere else.