@f8d9bc1c @df5e4030 I think it is out of necessity that journalists have stuck with Twitter. It became a force. It became an essential tool. It was centralized. All sorts of people used it, shared things on it, you could sometimes see news happen right in front of you. 

Were there a real alternative, I think journalists would bolt. But there is none. As much as we like Mastodon, or are intrigued with BlueSky or whatever, Twitter took a long time to become what it was. 

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There are real Twitter alternatives, but no clear Twitter replacement. 

That is why so many are stuck. They just want to go somewhere and have it the same. 

 @09e1d236 @f8d9bc1c @df5e4030 Twitter was unique in the way users could retweet and foster conversation. Then they added an algorithm which shifted things and made more extreme posts and comments more visible. Then, because early creators had taken the company public, leadership focused on the revenue problem and priorities changed. New features muddled things. Then, of course. A rich guy bought it. End of platform. Perhaps sooner than later. Brand X.