[idiomaticrust]

Well, I think that criticism is valid. The thing is that there is no good alternative. Elon can break a lot of things and people still will be there.

[nradov]

What specifically is broken? I only use Twitter occasionally but it seems to be working fine.

[idiomaticrust]

If you use it occasionally you didn't notice: - not working notifications - broken feeds - random delays in loading the page

[fsflover]

> no good alternative

Depending on how you use Twitter, Mastodon might be a good alternative.

[version_five]

That ship has sailed. In the first few weeks there was lots of buzz about alternatives, PG had a little fit and spent about 15 minutes exclusively on mastadon etc. The buzz is gone now, something big will have to change for it to get it's momentum again.

[krapp]

Mastodon is doing just fine, from what I can tell. I don't know why people keep pushing the narrative that an alternative platform has to capture Twitter's userbase in its entirety or else be considered a failure. Not everything is driven by buzz and hype.

[guerrilla]

Mastodon is doing great. Just passed 10 million users a while ago and now has a sustained network effect of around 2000 users an hour. Numbers aside the community and experience is awesome. No idea how people still use Twitter.