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The circle of life in the ecosphere of fusion media

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Most of the big social media platforms rely on a simple fact to maintain their dominance: once they reach a certain size, people tend to stay with them because that is where all their friends and followers are. Even if a new place pops up that suits your needs better, it is hard to go there because there is no guarantee your friends will follow you, and so why bother? This has been the ruin of sites as various as…well…here’s a Wikipedia list of failed sites, to which we should add WT.Social, Wikipedia’s own attempt to offer a “non-toxic” Facebook alternative.

The incredible thing about the Musk takeover of Twitter is that it is providing the impetus for people to overcome their usual reluctance to switch platforms. People are so angry about whatever it is Musk is doing to Twitter—or they just hate him and everything he stands for to such an extent—that he is driving people away in droves (lucky he also …