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Leaving Twitter? Here's what other social media platforms offer

With the platform looking a little the worse for wear after its recent acquisition by Elon Musk, Annalee Newitz tries the best alternatives, so you don’t have to

By Annalee Newitz

7 December 2022

2KECTGW Buenos Aires, Argentina - November 11th: Mastodon and Twitter logo on mobile phone screen.

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EVEN if you have never glanced at Twitter, you have probably seen the news about its untimely fall from favour. Billionaire Elon Musk bought the platform, pledging to make it a free speech paradise in his copious spare time between launching rockets with SpaceX and making cars with Tesla. After and several , he is left with what insiders estimate to be 2000 to 3000 people running a system that previously required 7500 staffers and . So it is looking a little the worse for wear. Features , the place is swarming with …

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