Alternatives to Twitter see an influx of users

November 17, 2022economist.com

Business | Fleeing the nest

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Nov 17th 2022|New York|3 min read

“Twitter is the worst! But also the best,” Elon Musk tweeted recently. Not everyone agrees with the second sentiment. Soon after he purchased the social network for $44bn on October 27th, the hashtag #TwitterMigration started trending. Concerned with what Mr Musk has planned for the social-media platform, some are searching for alternative spaces to swap news, views and pictures of pets. Along with renewed interest in established platforms such as Tumblr, Discord and Reddit, newcomers are under consideration. What chance do they have of pecking away at Twitter’s 240m users?

This article appeared in the Business section of the print edition under the headline “Fleeing the nest”