A self-proclaimed data enthusiast calling themselves ‘ThinkingOne’ has made a huge database containing 201 million pieces of user data from X freely available. The data is said to have come from two previous leaks and includes email addresses, locations and profile data of users of the social media platform.
Bluesky will be in the same boat given enough time. Mastodon (or other actually federated options) is the only proper stand-in for twitter.
OK but it’s not even remotely close today.
I’ve been on mastodon for 8 years and it’s ok but it can’t catch the masses. It has been paralyzed from advancing by a vocal minority.
It shouldn’t take 6 years to get search and quote posts. They also need optional algorithmic feeds.
100% agree. The user experience of Mastodon is unappealing for the masses. Bluesky will enshittify for sure, but it’s the only real replacement for Twitter nowadays.