Subj : Resurgence of non-mainstream social media?
To   : Sam Alexander
From : Boraxman
Date : Fri Apr 29 2022 19:24:14

  Re: Resurgence of non-mainstream social media?
  By: Sam Alexander to All on Thu Apr 28 2022 08:52 pm

 > I have accounts on Twitter and Facebook and a few others, but I rarely use them.
 > Mostly just consume data from a few of the organizations I volunteer for who opt 
 > use those platforms as their public voice.  But now that Tesla dude owns Twitter 
 > reading many of the non-mainstream social media platforms are getting a boost.
 > Wonder if many folks who are aware of BBSes  will move here to find some outlet.
 > Probably only the nerdiest of the nerdiest would, but still even if a small fract
 > did would be neat to see.
 > 
 > Also off topic, but when did Sync add the up and down votes on messages?  Very ni
 > reminds me of Reddit ;-)
 > 

The people worried about Musk buying Twitter are mostly ideological fanantics having
a tizzy fit.  I don't think he'll fix that much anyway.

I think a lot of people aren't aware, or aren't interested, mostly the former.  I
think it is a good alternative to crappy ad-driven social media, with many benefits
the Big Tech platforms cannot offer.

Welcome to BBS'ing!  I did use BBS's in the mid to late 90s, but dropped out at
about 2000 completely after they dissappeared and I moved to using the "Internet"
for everything.  Several years ago I found they still existed, popped in and out
just to see what they were like but stayed after a while because logging in to a BBS
gets you more than just nostalgia.

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