[rsynnott]

I mean, I suppose it really depends on what you want out of a social network. Some combo of mastodon and bluesky is fine for me, but then I didn't follow any of those people in the first place.

If you want celeb VCs, then, yeah, you're probably stuck with Twitter. Most people don't, though.

[waonderer]

Makes sense. What other platforms do you know where we can get access to the network of entrepreneurs, thought-leaders, governments, and authors? I am considering text-based social apps only.

[rsynnott]

> entrepreneurs

Dunno, no interest.

> thought-leaders

I've never been quite sure what people mean when they say this.

> governments

An increasing number of governments, government agencies and politicians have presence on Bluesky or Mastodon or both. The EC has its _own mastodon instance_ (though, confusingly, some EC agencies are on other instances, or are just on bluesky).

> authors

Mostly Bluesky, also Threads to some extent.

[waonderer]

Thanks a lot.

BTW if I may clarify, by thought leader, I mean people who are leaders or popular figures in a particular industry, whose voices matter and shapes up that domain.

Think of Sam Altman for AI, Marc Andreessen for VC, Andrew Huberman for Mental Health, and figures like Jordan Peterson, Elon Musk, Naval Ravikant, etc.