IMHO we can expect the Great Social Media Chase to continue.
Since a critical mass of people determined that Twitter was not THe Place, we have seen:
X --> Spoutible (pretty much over)
X --> Post.news - GONE
X --> Threads - stalled now people realize that Threads has no useful moderation, plus SPAM
X --> BlueSky - This Month's Thing
X --> Mastodon - trickle
X --> Discord - trickle
X --> CoSo - trickle
@ianthealy Threads is also not a positive space for trans and trans-friendly people. At least 2 trans people I follow had their accounts blocked for weeks.
@gshevlin I believe you.
@gshevlin I've found ways around the worst of it. I know they're working on their moderation problem. That's going to happen anywhere to some degree. But CoSo is simply not a good platform for writers trying to promote and market their work. That's not the vibe here. I use Threads for that (and Bluesky for hockey shitposting lol). Here is for more generalized social mayhem.
@ianthealy I do not waste time trying to subvert moderation. I have better things to do with my time. I already had 2 posts arbitrarily deleted on Threads because they claimed I was trying to farm for engagement. Well, duh, isn't that what you do?
CoSo here is a niche community, like The Well used to be. I position it to people on other platforms as a haven of peace and tranquility (which it is).
@ianthealy I can see that, since I am a writer. however, a number of the earlier arrivals have already found out the hard way about the utterly useless moderation process.