Here are Your Twitter Alternatives as the Bird App Tumbles – IGN

If you don’t know already, Twitter is under new ownership. Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk officially owns the bird app. Yes, after months of “will he or won’t he?” Musk acquired Twitter. Musk has made several announcements following the buyout, such as layoffs, plans to charge people $8 a month for Twitter verification as part of Twitter Blue, and possibly reviving Vine, among other things. Many users have expressed gripes with Musk acquiring Twitter and plan to leave rather than stay on the bird app and see what happens, with some users already departing following Musk’s takeover of the social media app. If you have no desire to stay on Twitter and are looking for an alternative, you’re probably wondering what your options are. Outside of Discord, Facebook, Instagram, Parler, TikTok, and Truth Social, there are a few other places to consider that could fill your void as you depart from the bird app. Mastodon bears the greatest resemblance to Twitter. It also has an IOS app, unlike Cohost. | Image credit: Taylor Lyles MastodonA self-hosted social networking site initially launched in 2016, Mastodon is one of the closer alternatives with a concept akin to what you may be
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