Let’s review what Elon Musk has done just in 2023:

  1. Changed Twitter to X.
  2. Plans to implement a small monthly payment for everyone using the X system.
  3. Plans to collect user biometric information, job, and education history for “safety, security, and identification purposes.”
  4. Brings back shadowbanning.
  5. Uses user data to train AI models.
  6. Limits replies to verified users only.

Elon has made so many terrible changes to Twitter that I can’t remember what the breaking point was for me.

Fortunately, there’s a lot more competition in Twitter-like social media platforms. Mastodon may currently hold the position as the most established platform, but there are numerous other services competing to become the next preferred place for online users.

  • SSUPII@sopuli.xyz
    111·
    1 year ago

    Way too many massively good artists I follow are still on Twitter with no intention of leaving. Some are on Pixiv or DeviantArt, but most not.

      • danielton@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz
        61·
        1 year ago

        Unfortunately, it’s still where the majority of the art community resides after the enshittification of deviantART. Fortunately, I have other ways of staying in touch with the “best of the best” among my artist friends now, but there are still many holdouts.

          • danielton@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz
            3·
            1 year ago

            About 10 years ago, Angelo Sotira ($spyed) fired one of the other co-founders, Spot, and started pitting paying users against non-paying users. Free users had a marker on their profile saying “Needs Premium Membership.” The site also marked whether you were a paying or free user everywhere. Sound familiar?

            They drew more controversy in 2018 when they hired this marketing firm to come up with a lackluster new logo everybody hated. Because, you know, it’s not like they had a bunch of artists using the site or anything.

            • marx2k@lemmy.world
              1·
              1 year ago

              Free users had a marker on their profile saying “Needs Premium Membership.” The site also marked whether you were a paying or free user everywhere.

              Big yikes. Goddamn that’s dumb

        • RachelRodent@lemmy.dbzer0.com
          3·
          1 year ago

          Some of my fave artists have mastodon accounts, that are their main accounts, I urge you to check it out maybe you can find the artists you want to follow there