{"slug": "x-twitter", "name": "X (Twitter)", "category": "networking", "category_name": "Networking and VPN", "description": "Social network for short public posts, real-time news and discussion, owned by X Corp.", "recommenders": 5, "commenters": 32, "warners": 17, "score": -8.082, "rising": 3.67, "first": "2025-11-05", "latest": "2026-10-31", "why": "Commenters use it for real-time and tech commentary from people they follow, and like that the feed can be curated with Lists, blocking and the chronological view.", "why_is_quote": false, "has_verdict": true, "sentiment": {"recommend": 5, "neutral": 10, "compare": 1, "warn": 17}, "spark": [0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 2], "listed": true, "loved": ["Curatable feed", "Tech discussion"], "caveat": "Toxic content", "short_quote": "Say what you want about X, but at least there I can curate my Following tab and Lists, and have an informative experience.", "icon": true, "domain": null, "github_repo": null, "official_url": "https://x.com", "pricing": "freemium", "aliases": ["X", "Twitter", "Twitter/X"], "verdict": [{"text": "Commenters use it for real-time and tech commentary from people they follow,", "cites": [{"id": 791013920, "item_id": 49438370, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49438370", "by": "Brendinooo", "date": "2026-08-25", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use it to follow people who either have ideas I find interesting or do stuff I find interesting", "excerpt": ">What is the main use case for X these days? I use it to follow people who either have ideas I find interesting or do stuff I find interesting, and typically I'm looking for accounts that are small enough that I know they will at least see my replies, and often interact with them. (Something like 3K-15K followers for most of them, I think.) I also think it's indispensable for real-time commentary and niche commentary", "context": "", "use_case": "following niche accounts, real-time commentary", "switched_from": "", "story": "Nitter and XCancel receive cease and desist notices"}, {"id": 778502256, "item_id": 48656391, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48656391", "by": "meowface", "date": "2026-06-24", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I detest Elon Musk but I still use Twitter because there just is no alternative to it if you want decent tech discussion.", "excerpt": "I detest Elon Musk but I still use Twitter because there just is no alternative to it if you want decent tech discussion. And I don't think it's smug or dickish. I like AI and I encourage even inexperienced software developers to use it. There's just no denying that the slop cannon phenomenon is still a very real phenomenon.", "context": "", "use_case": "tech discussion", "switched_from": "", "story": "The Coming Loop"}, {"id": 805034480, "item_id": 50314655, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50314655", "by": "kaiwen1", "date": "2026-10-31", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "It\u2019s a joy to use, filled with novel discoveries that I often want learn more about.", "excerpt": "X is the only social media I use, and I use it a lot. I\u2019ve never seen a Hitler or a Mao post. My feed is saturated with my intellectual interests. It\u2019s a joy to use, filled with novel discoveries that I often want learn more about. Getting this experience is simple: don\u2019t click or garbage, occasionally block content you don\u2019t like.", "context": "", "use_case": "social media feed", "switched_from": "", "story": "Digital minimalism"}]}, {"text": " and like that the feed can be curated with Lists, blocking and the chronological view.", "cites": [{"id": 756410451, "item_id": 47275653, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47275653", "by": "paride5745", "date": "2026-03-06", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Say what you want about X, but at least there I can curate my Following tab and Lists, and have an informative experience.", "excerpt": "I am keeping Facebook just because of a couple of Groups. My timeline is completely useless, I have an endless stream of suggested post and ads, nothing relevant to me. Meta is supposed to know me, I use Instagram quite a bit (following F1 teams, some comedians and a bunch of tiktok-style content creators), but somehow this does not translate in targeting on FB, just generic targeting for my population type. I tried ", "context": "", "use_case": "curated following feed", "switched_from": "", "story": "Facebook is absolutely cooked"}, {"id": 747622865, "item_id": 46726429, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46726429", "by": "cebert", "date": "2026-01-22", "stance": "compare", "quote": "ended up going back to X and blocking a lot of people", "excerpt": "I tried using Bluesky and then ended up going back to X and blocking a lot of people. Both platforms seem to have some extremely political folks when I really just want to follow tech and business news.", "context": "", "use_case": "following tech and business news", "switched_from": "Bluesky", "story": "Ask HN: Have you managed to switch to Bluesky for tech people?"}, {"id": 788449968, "item_id": 49278123, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49278123", "by": "arjie", "date": "2026-08-12", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I use the chronological feed on Twitter/X as well because the algo feed is kind of meaningless.", "excerpt": "That's a fair complaint. I use the chronological feed on Twitter/X as well because the algo feed is kind of meaningless. I just want to know what people I follow are saying.", "context": "", "use_case": "following people chronologically", "switched_from": "", "story": "Facebook is paying controversial creators to produce rage-bait content"}, {"id": 799088800, "item_id": 49943050, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49943050", "by": "tim333", "date": "2026-10-03", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "as long as you nudge the For You tab by clicking show less of this a bit and following the odd thing you like it becomes quite useable", "excerpt": "I use xitter and as long as you nudge the For You tab by clicking show less of this a bit and following the odd thing you like it becomes quite useable.", "context": "", "use_case": "social media", "switched_from": "", "story": "Everyone's Packing Up"}]}, {"text": " The most common complaint is toxic political content and propaganda pushed into the recommended feed,", "cites": [{"id": 788328593, "item_id": 49270537, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49270537", "by": "basisword", "date": "2026-08-12", "stance": "warn", "quote": "about 20% of the stuff in my 'recommended' feed is racist, violent, and stuff I have zero interest in", "excerpt": "I use both IG and Twitter. IG reels for me are largely funny videos, stuff I follow, and stuff I'm interested in. On Twitter I only follow tech stuff and yet about 20% of the stuff in my 'recommended' feed is racist, violent, and stuff I have zero interest in. Even if you hit the 'non interested' button they continue to shove it down your throat.", "context": "", "use_case": "following tech", "switched_from": "", "story": "Facebook is paying controversial creators to produce rage-bait content"}, {"id": 779516736, "item_id": 48719796, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48719796", "by": "virgildotcodes", "date": "2026-06-29", "stance": "warn", "quote": "They've switched to a model of paying their users for engagement, which naturally encourages users to post the most engagement bait they can", "excerpt": "I'm not sure if you actually haven't checked it since, but will give you the benefit of the doubt. Accounts pushing white supremacy, the reversion of women's rights, hatred towards other on the basis of their race or religion, climate change denial, denial of science and promotion of pseudoscience, etc etc. are heavily promoted across the platform and get millions of engagements. If you create a new account, the majo", "context": "", "use_case": "social network", "switched_from": "", "story": "Tidal AI Policy"}, {"id": 767204945, "item_id": 47950309, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47950309", "by": "zeafoamrun", "date": "2026-04-29", "stance": "warn", "quote": "the amount of virulent propaganda, totally unrelated to <topic>, that you end up absorbing is unforgivable", "excerpt": "I really like the concept of federated social networks and it's the next thing I want to get into. Maybe even work on it as a job but I doubt there are any that pay well. I think sovereignty over what information you consume is more important than ever. I had to use Twitter for work to get news about <topic> but the amount of virulent propaganda, totally unrelated to <topic>, that you end up absorbing is unforgivable", "context": "", "use_case": "getting news for work", "switched_from": "", "story": "Tangled \u2013 We need a federation of forges"}, {"id": 788286033, "item_id": 49267877, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49267877", "by": "jillesvangurp", "date": "2026-08-11", "stance": "warn", "quote": "It kind of turned into a very toxic political platform.", "excerpt": "> it\u2019s simply not usable purely by virtue of who\u2019s there. You are describing X here. It kind of turned into a very toxic political platform. The exodus to Threads, Mastodon, and Bluesky happened for a good reason. After Elon Musk took over it didn't exactly improve. I'm on still on X, and on Bluesky and Mastodon. For my network of perfectly normal people, most of them did not delete their X account but just aren't ve", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Bluesky's active user base is shrinking as its focus expands beyond the app"}]}, {"text": " and several say tech accounts have moved to Bluesky or Mastodon.", "cites": [{"id": 778597810, "item_id": 48662363, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48662363", "by": "archagon", "date": "2026-06-24", "stance": "warn", "quote": "The accounts left on Twitter have a distinctly narcissistic, preachy vibe.", "excerpt": "I\u2019m thinking more of the \u201cDead Weight\u201d and \u201cTurbo Brains\u201d boxes as being particularly eye-rolling. As for tech discussion, of course there is an alternative. Practically every tech account I used to follow has migrated to Bluesky or Mastodon by now. The accounts left on Twitter have a distinctly narcissistic, preachy vibe. These people care more about influencing, not engaging.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "The Coming Loop"}, {"id": 788286033, "item_id": 49267877, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49267877", "by": "jillesvangurp", "date": "2026-08-11", "stance": "warn", "quote": "It kind of turned into a very toxic political platform.", "excerpt": "> it\u2019s simply not usable purely by virtue of who\u2019s there. You are describing X here. It kind of turned into a very toxic political platform. The exodus to Threads, Mastodon, and Bluesky happened for a good reason. After Elon Musk took over it didn't exactly improve. I'm on still on X, and on Bluesky and Mastodon. For my network of perfectly normal people, most of them did not delete their X account but just aren't ve", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Bluesky's active user base is shrinking as its focus expands beyond the app"}, {"id": 747626352, "item_id": 46726647, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46726647", "by": "heavyset_go", "date": "2026-01-22", "stance": "warn", "quote": "it's a dumpster fire and if you get too close the fumes will make you stupid", "excerpt": "It's really, really easy to not use X. Just don't visit it, it's a dumpster fire and if you get too close the fumes will make you stupid. I don't care about \"tech personalities\", but most of the IT people whose ideas I'm interested in either have RSS feeds or Mastodon accounts, or both.", "context": "", "use_case": "social media", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: Have you managed to switch to Bluesky for tech people?"}]}], "praise": [{"label": "Curatable feed", "summary": "Users say Lists, the Following tab, blocking and feedback make the feed useful.", "quotes": [{"id": 756410451, "item_id": 47275653, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47275653", "by": "paride5745", "date": "2026-03-06", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Say what you want about X, but at least there I can curate my Following tab and Lists, and have an informative experience.", "excerpt": "I am keeping Facebook just because of a couple of Groups. My timeline is completely useless, I have an endless stream of suggested post and ads, nothing relevant to me. Meta is supposed to know me, I use Instagram quite a bit (following F1 teams, some comedians and a bunch of tiktok-style content creators), but somehow this does not translate in targeting on FB, just generic targeting for my population type. I tried ", "context": "", "use_case": "curated following feed", "switched_from": "", "story": "Facebook is absolutely cooked"}, {"id": 799088800, "item_id": 49943050, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49943050", "by": "tim333", "date": "2026-10-03", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "as long as you nudge the For You tab by clicking show less of this a bit and following the odd thing you like it becomes quite useable", "excerpt": "I use xitter and as long as you nudge the For You tab by clicking show less of this a bit and following the odd thing you like it becomes quite useable.", "context": "", "use_case": "social media", "switched_from": "", "story": "Everyone's Packing Up"}, {"id": 747622865, "item_id": 46726429, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46726429", "by": "cebert", "date": "2026-01-22", "stance": "compare", "quote": "ended up going back to X and blocking a lot of people", "excerpt": "I tried using Bluesky and then ended up going back to X and blocking a lot of people. Both platforms seem to have some extremely political folks when I really just want to follow tech and business news.", "context": "", "use_case": "following tech and business news", "switched_from": "Bluesky", "story": "Ask HN: Have you managed to switch to Bluesky for tech people?"}]}, {"label": "Tech discussion", "summary": "Some see it as the main place for tech and real-time commentary.", "quotes": [{"id": 778502256, "item_id": 48656391, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48656391", "by": "meowface", "date": "2026-06-24", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I detest Elon Musk but I still use Twitter because there just is no alternative to it if you want decent tech discussion.", "excerpt": "I detest Elon Musk but I still use Twitter because there just is no alternative to it if you want decent tech discussion. And I don't think it's smug or dickish. I like AI and I encourage even inexperienced software developers to use it. There's just no denying that the slop cannon phenomenon is still a very real phenomenon.", "context": "", "use_case": "tech discussion", "switched_from": "", "story": "The Coming Loop"}, {"id": 791013920, "item_id": 49438370, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49438370", "by": "Brendinooo", "date": "2026-08-25", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use it to follow people who either have ideas I find interesting or do stuff I find interesting", "excerpt": ">What is the main use case for X these days? I use it to follow people who either have ideas I find interesting or do stuff I find interesting, and typically I'm looking for accounts that are small enough that I know they will at least see my replies, and often interact with them. (Something like 3K-15K followers for most of them, I think.) I also think it's indispensable for real-time commentary and niche commentary", "context": "", "use_case": "following niche accounts, real-time commentary", "switched_from": "", "story": "Nitter and XCancel receive cease and desist notices"}, {"id": 805034480, "item_id": 50314655, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50314655", "by": "kaiwen1", "date": "2026-10-31", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "It\u2019s a joy to use, filled with novel discoveries that I often want learn more about.", "excerpt": "X is the only social media I use, and I use it a lot. I\u2019ve never seen a Hitler or a Mao post. My feed is saturated with my intellectual interests. It\u2019s a joy to use, filled with novel discoveries that I often want learn more about. Getting this experience is simple: don\u2019t click or garbage, occasionally block content you don\u2019t like.", "context": "", "use_case": "social media feed", "switched_from": "", "story": "Digital minimalism"}]}, {"label": "Chronological timeline", "summary": "Some avoid the algorithmic feed and read only accounts they follow.", "quotes": [{"id": 788449968, "item_id": 49278123, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49278123", "by": "arjie", "date": "2026-08-12", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I use the chronological feed on Twitter/X as well because the algo feed is kind of meaningless.", "excerpt": "That's a fair complaint. I use the chronological feed on Twitter/X as well because the algo feed is kind of meaningless. I just want to know what people I follow are saying.", "context": "", "use_case": "following people chronologically", "switched_from": "", "story": "Facebook is paying controversial creators to produce rage-bait content"}, {"id": 747022848, "item_id": 46688928, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46688928", "by": "elcapitan", "date": "2026-01-19", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I mostly stay away from algorithmic timelines and deactivate retweets etc on X and Bluesky.", "excerpt": "I mostly stay away from algorithmic timelines and deactivate retweets etc on X and Bluesky. For the rest I use them for some snarky comments with a select group of people. I've tried completely quitting, but I'm not very social irl and would get lonely eventually, so this controlled dose of interaction is what works for me.", "context": "", "use_case": "snarky comments with select people", "switched_from": "", "story": "Use Social Media Mindfully"}]}, {"label": "Web access", "summary": "Commenters like using it in the browser on desktop and mobile.", "quotes": [{"id": 786622640, "item_id": 49163915, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49163915", "by": "prtmnth", "date": "2026-08-03", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I love using the Twitter web app over the native app.", "excerpt": "I love using the Twitter web app over the native app. And whenever I think of a product, I think of how I can build a fully usable web app (even when primary access is via phone).", "context": "", "use_case": "social media", "switched_from": "", "story": "Native Apps Should Be Avoided Whenever Possible"}, {"id": 795169616, "item_id": 49698101, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49698101", "by": "TiredOfLife", "date": "2026-09-14", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I use it on both pc and mobile in browser with adblock and the experience is the same as 20 years ago.", "excerpt": "What other versions of twitter there are? I use it on both pc and mobile in browser with adblock and the experience is the same as 20 years ago. If anything the \"for you\" feed has become actually usable in last couple of years.", "context": "", "use_case": "social media", "switched_from": "", "story": "XCancel service is suspended until further notice"}]}], "caveats": [{"label": "Toxic content", "summary": "Many report political toxicity, propaganda and weak harassment enforcement.", "quotes": [{"id": 788286033, "item_id": 49267877, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49267877", "by": "jillesvangurp", "date": "2026-08-11", "stance": "warn", "quote": "It kind of turned into a very toxic political platform.", "excerpt": "> it\u2019s simply not usable purely by virtue of who\u2019s there. You are describing X here. It kind of turned into a very toxic political platform. The exodus to Threads, Mastodon, and Bluesky happened for a good reason. After Elon Musk took over it didn't exactly improve. I'm on still on X, and on Bluesky and Mastodon. For my network of perfectly normal people, most of them did not delete their X account but just aren't ve", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Bluesky's active user base is shrinking as its focus expands beyond the app"}, {"id": 767204945, "item_id": 47950309, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47950309", "by": "zeafoamrun", "date": "2026-04-29", "stance": "warn", "quote": "the amount of virulent propaganda, totally unrelated to <topic>, that you end up absorbing is unforgivable", "excerpt": "I really like the concept of federated social networks and it's the next thing I want to get into. Maybe even work on it as a job but I doubt there are any that pay well. I think sovereignty over what information you consume is more important than ever. I had to use Twitter for work to get news about <topic> but the amount of virulent propaganda, totally unrelated to <topic>, that you end up absorbing is unforgivable", "context": "", "use_case": "getting news for work", "switched_from": "", "story": "Tangled \u2013 We need a federation of forges"}, {"id": 788228705, "item_id": 49264294, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49264294", "by": "dragonwriter", "date": "2026-08-11", "stance": "warn", "quote": "the groups towards which X either has weakened or stopped enforcing its policies against harassment", "excerpt": "The only way in which BlueSky is preferentially catering to the left is by existing as an alternative to X and specifically providing tighter control of what is in your feed; and this is only \u201ccatering to the Left\u201d because of the groups towards which X either has weakened or stopped enforcing its policies against harassment towards. (In a market with strong network externalities, being the dominant player is self rei", "context": "", "use_case": "social network", "switched_from": "", "story": "Bluesky's active user base is shrinking as its focus expands beyond the app"}]}, {"label": "Recommended feed", "summary": "The For You feed shows unwanted racist or violent posts even after feedback.", "quotes": [{"id": 788328593, "item_id": 49270537, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49270537", "by": "basisword", "date": "2026-08-12", "stance": "warn", "quote": "about 20% of the stuff in my 'recommended' feed is racist, violent, and stuff I have zero interest in", "excerpt": "I use both IG and Twitter. IG reels for me are largely funny videos, stuff I follow, and stuff I'm interested in. On Twitter I only follow tech stuff and yet about 20% of the stuff in my 'recommended' feed is racist, violent, and stuff I have zero interest in. Even if you hit the 'non interested' button they continue to shove it down your throat.", "context": "", "use_case": "following tech", "switched_from": "", "story": "Facebook is paying controversial creators to produce rage-bait content"}, {"id": 779516736, "item_id": 48719796, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48719796", "by": "virgildotcodes", "date": "2026-06-29", "stance": "warn", "quote": "They've switched to a model of paying their users for engagement, which naturally encourages users to post the most engagement bait they can", "excerpt": "I'm not sure if you actually haven't checked it since, but will give you the benefit of the doubt. Accounts pushing white supremacy, the reversion of women's rights, hatred towards other on the basis of their race or religion, climate change denial, denial of science and promotion of pseudoscience, etc etc. are heavily promoted across the platform and get millions of engagements. If you create a new account, the majo", "context": "", "use_case": "social network", "switched_from": "", "story": "Tidal AI Policy"}]}, {"label": "User exodus", "summary": "Commenters say many people and tech accounts left after the Musk takeover.", "quotes": [{"id": 778597810, "item_id": 48662363, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48662363", "by": "archagon", "date": "2026-06-24", "stance": "warn", "quote": "The accounts left on Twitter have a distinctly narcissistic, preachy vibe.", "excerpt": "I\u2019m thinking more of the \u201cDead Weight\u201d and \u201cTurbo Brains\u201d boxes as being particularly eye-rolling. As for tech discussion, of course there is an alternative. Practically every tech account I used to follow has migrated to Bluesky or Mastodon by now. The accounts left on Twitter have a distinctly narcissistic, preachy vibe. These people care more about influencing, not engaging.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "The Coming Loop"}, {"id": 785789552, "item_id": 49111847, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49111847", "by": "ghaff", "date": "2026-07-30", "stance": "warn", "quote": "After Musk largely torched it and a lot of people just decided they didn't need that kind of social media any longer", "excerpt": "I used to do a lot of chit-chat with folks I knew on Twitter during the work day. After Musk largely torched it and a lot of people just decided they didn't need that kind of social media any longer, that channel largely went away. I use Facebook some but not the same and LinkedIn even less so.", "context": "", "use_case": "chatting with acquaintances", "switched_from": "", "story": "The Lost Civic Life of Movie Rental Stores"}, {"id": 747626352, "item_id": 46726647, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46726647", "by": "heavyset_go", "date": "2026-01-22", "stance": "warn", "quote": "it's a dumpster fire and if you get too close the fumes will make you stupid", "excerpt": "It's really, really easy to not use X. Just don't visit it, it's a dumpster fire and if you get too close the fumes will make you stupid. I don't care about \"tech personalities\", but most of the IT people whose ideas I'm interested in either have RSS feeds or Mastodon accounts, or both.", "context": "", "use_case": "social media", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: Have you managed to switch to Bluesky for tech people?"}]}, {"label": "Account access", "summary": "Reports cover posts that cannot be read without an account, failed sign-ups and automatic suspensions.", "quotes": [{"id": 791181938, "item_id": 49448871, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49448871", "by": "pxndxx", "date": "2026-08-26", "stance": "warn", "quote": "Twitter is now unusable without one.", "excerpt": "I use Nitter/Xcancel entirely because I don't have an account, and Twitter is now unusable without one. There's still content of some value there. People still link to it and now I can't read what they shared with me.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Nitter and XCancel receive cease and desist notices"}, {"id": 787066448, "item_id": 49191653, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49191653", "by": "applfanboysbgon", "date": "2026-08-05", "stance": "warn", "quote": "I love how I literally cannot sign up for a new account as of last month or two.", "excerpt": "I love how I literally cannot sign up for a new account as of last month or two. Phone number required, and it won't even send the verification text if I try! Just lovely. Now if I want to create a news page dedicated to a project for people interested in updates to that specific project, I have to buy a fucking account second-hand. Pseudo-ID verification that still doesn't stop bots but does stop humans is such a dr", "context": "", "use_case": "social network account signup", "switched_from": "", "story": "Nikita Bier Steps Down as Head of Product at X"}, {"id": 796046160, "item_id": 49752885, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49752885", "by": "chistev", "date": "2026-09-18", "stance": "warn", "quote": "Your account, *, was detected by our systems and automatically suspended for violating the X Rules.", "excerpt": "I received this email yesterday - \"Hello *, Your account, *, was detected by our systems and automatically suspended for violating the X Rules. Specifically, for: Violating our rules against inauthentic behaviors. You may not use our services to engage in inauthentic activity that undermines the integrity of X. Note that if you attempt to evade a suspension by creating new accounts, we will suspend your new accounts.", "context": "", "use_case": "social media", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: Alternatives to Twitter/X?"}]}, {"label": "Bots", "summary": "Users describe the platform as overrun by bots.", "quotes": [{"id": 738396608, "item_id": 46149788, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46149788", "by": "jMyles", "date": "2025-12-04", "stance": "warn", "quote": "twitter (and even moreso, reddit) are just so overrun by bots", "excerpt": "I want something that seems so very simple: * A web-of-trust social media, where I can instantly see, about any account, all of the chains of separation between us, in order to verify and validate the humanity and social connection of another person. Presently, twitter (and even moreso, reddit) are just so overrun by bots whose job seems to be to muddy all waters with short-shrift, low-effort takes, but expressed in ", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "The Free Software Foundation Europe deleted its account on X"}, {"id": 787066448, "item_id": 49191653, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49191653", "by": "applfanboysbgon", "date": "2026-08-05", "stance": "warn", "quote": "I love how I literally cannot sign up for a new account as of last month or two.", "excerpt": "I love how I literally cannot sign up for a new account as of last month or two. Phone number required, and it won't even send the verification text if I try! Just lovely. Now if I want to create a news page dedicated to a project for people interested in updates to that specific project, I have to buy a fucking account second-hand. Pseudo-ID verification that still doesn't stop bots but does stop humans is such a dr", "context": "", "use_case": "social network account signup", "switched_from": "", "story": "Nikita Bier Steps Down as Head of Product at X"}]}, {"label": "Mental health", "summary": "Some say it harms their mental state and recommend quitting.", "quotes": [{"id": 788276307, "item_id": 49267269, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49267269", "by": "slopinthebag", "date": "2026-08-11", "stance": "warn", "quote": "When I used X or bluesky or Reddit they have a noticeable negative impact on my mental state.", "excerpt": "My socials (FB(not much)/Insta/TikTok) have fantastic algorithms, I they uplift my mood, have been responsible for positive changes in my mindset and life, etc. When I used X or bluesky or Reddit they have a noticeable negative impact on my mental state. Hackernews is 50/50. So I think social media which is content/image based can be more positive than the discussion based media. However we're getting more and more A", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Bluesky's active user base is shrinking as its focus expands beyond the app"}, {"id": 733169058, "item_id": 45823066, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45823066", "by": "unionjack22", "date": "2025-11-05", "stance": "warn", "quote": "I highly recommend dropping the dopaminergic doomloop apps like Reddit/Bluesky/X/tiktok/IG.", "excerpt": "If anyone wishes to use this study as a catalyst to shift one\u2019s attitude, then I highly recommend dropping the dopaminergic doomloop apps like Reddit/Bluesky/X/tiktok/IG. Your life will be better for it. Snapchat can stay\u2026for reasons.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Optimism associated with exceptional longevity (2019)"}]}], "who": [], "tags": ["for following tech discussion", "for real-time news commentary", "usable in browser"], "use_cases": ["social media", "social networking", "social network", "social media feed", "following niche accounts, real-time commentary", "following people chronologically"], "compared": [{"slug": "bluesky", "name": "Bluesky", "co": 25, "switched_from": 1, "switched_to": 4}, {"slug": "mastodon", "name": "Mastodon", "co": 10, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 3}, {"slug": "linkedin", "name": "LinkedIn", "co": 5, "switched_from": 1, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "instagram", "name": "Instagram", "co": 6, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "facebook", "name": "Facebook", "co": 5, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "threads", "name": "Threads", "co": 4, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "xcancel", "name": "xcancel", "co": 2, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 1}], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49752806", "title": "Ask HN: Alternatives to Twitter/X?", "mentions": 3}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49263461", "title": "Bluesky's active user base is shrinking as its focus expands beyond the app", "mentions": 3}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49437283", "title": "Nitter and XCancel receive cease and desist notices", "mentions": 2}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49269818", "title": "Facebook is paying controversial creators to produce rage-bait content", "mentions": 2}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48643180", "title": "The Coming Loop", "mentions": 2}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46726310", "title": "Ask HN: Have you managed to switch to Bluesky for tech people?", "mentions": 2}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {"warn": 1}, "2025-12": {"warn": 1}, "2026-01": {"neutral": 1, "compare": 1, "warn": 1}, "2026-02": {"warn": 1}, "2026-03": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-04": {"warn": 2}, "2026-05": {}, "2026-06": {"neutral": 1, "warn": 2}, "2026-07": {"neutral": 2, "warn": 1}, "2026-08": {"recommend": 2, "warn": 6, "neutral": 3}, "2026-09": {"neutral": 3, "warn": 1}, "2026-10": {"recommend": 2, "warn": 1}}, "quotes": [{"id": 805034480, "item_id": 50314655, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50314655", "by": "kaiwen1", "date": "2026-10-31", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "It\u2019s a joy to use, filled with novel discoveries that I often want learn more about.", "excerpt": "X is the only social media I use, and I use it a lot. I\u2019ve never seen a Hitler or a Mao post. My feed is saturated with my intellectual interests. It\u2019s a joy to use, filled with novel discoveries that I often want learn more about. Getting this experience is simple: don\u2019t click or garbage, occasionally block content you don\u2019t like.", "context": "", "use_case": "social media feed", "switched_from": "", "story": "Digital minimalism"}, {"id": 804412752, "item_id": 50275797, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50275797", "by": "toss1", "date": "2026-10-28", "stance": "warn", "quote": "extractive social media currently plaguing society", "excerpt": "Awesome Screed. Seriously. Particularly on-target in: >>And then came the greedy grifters. They invested money not just to get returns (they could've gotten returns on any other established field of business), but to gamble for a chance of crazy high returns. They thought software has near-zero marginal cost. They started building walled gardens, to extract rent from users. ... So the advertisement business grew, and", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Tell HN: I'm going on strike this November"}, {"id": 799088800, "item_id": 49943050, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49943050", "by": "tim333", "date": "2026-10-03", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "as long as you nudge the For You tab by clicking show less of this a bit and following the odd thing you like it becomes quite useable", "excerpt": "I use xitter and as long as you nudge the For You tab by clicking show less of this a bit and following the odd thing you like it becomes quite useable.", "context": "", "use_case": "social media", "switched_from": "", "story": "Everyone's Packing Up"}, {"id": 796414608, "item_id": 49775913, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49775913", "by": "tony_starkling", "date": "2026-09-20", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Twitter is very non restrictive.", "excerpt": "Twitter is very non restrictive. If they ask that you prove that you're not a bot, then you must have been really spammy", "context": "", "use_case": "social media", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: Alternatives to Twitter/X?"}, {"id": 796413360, "item_id": 49775835, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49775835", "by": "boundless88", "date": "2026-09-20", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I use X too, but I almost never run into their algorithm's limits.", "excerpt": "I think if you don't mind, you should post your handle so people can see what you actually did. I use X too, but I almost never run into their algorithm's limits.", "context": "", "use_case": "social media", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: Alternatives to Twitter/X?"}, {"id": 796046160, "item_id": 49752885, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49752885", "by": "chistev", "date": "2026-09-18", "stance": "warn", "quote": "Your account, *, was detected by our systems and automatically suspended for violating the X Rules.", "excerpt": "I received this email yesterday - \"Hello *, Your account, *, was detected by our systems and automatically suspended for violating the X Rules. Specifically, for: Violating our rules against inauthentic behaviors. You may not use our services to engage in inauthentic activity that undermines the integrity of X. Note that if you attempt to evade a suspension by creating new accounts, we will suspend your new accounts.", "context": "", "use_case": "social media", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: Alternatives to Twitter/X?"}, {"id": 795169616, "item_id": 49698101, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49698101", "by": "TiredOfLife", "date": "2026-09-14", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I use it on both pc and mobile in browser with adblock and the experience is the same as 20 years ago.", "excerpt": "What other versions of twitter there are? I use it on both pc and mobile in browser with adblock and the experience is the same as 20 years ago. If anything the \"for you\" feed has become actually usable in last couple of years.", "context": "", "use_case": "social media", "switched_from": "", "story": "XCancel service is suspended until further notice"}, {"id": 791181938, "item_id": 49448871, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49448871", "by": "pxndxx", "date": "2026-08-26", "stance": "warn", "quote": "Twitter is now unusable without one.", "excerpt": "I use Nitter/Xcancel entirely because I don't have an account, and Twitter is now unusable without one. There's still content of some value there. People still link to it and now I can't read what they shared with me.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Nitter and XCancel receive cease and desist notices"}, {"id": 791013920, "item_id": 49438370, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49438370", "by": "Brendinooo", "date": "2026-08-25", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use it to follow people who either have ideas I find interesting or do stuff I find interesting", "excerpt": ">What is the main use case for X these days? I use it to follow people who either have ideas I find interesting or do stuff I find interesting, and typically I'm looking for accounts that are small enough that I know they will at least see my replies, and often interact with them. (Something like 3K-15K followers for most of them, I think.) I also think it's indispensable for real-time commentary and niche commentary", "context": "", "use_case": "following niche accounts, real-time commentary", "switched_from": "", "story": "Nitter and XCancel receive cease and desist notices"}, {"id": 788512336, "item_id": 49282021, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49282021", "by": "maxlin", "date": "2026-08-12", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I use X plenty every day.", "excerpt": "\"From a safe distance\" I.E. you haven't seen anything. You've just heard the same bullshit stories repeated ad naiseaum by haters. I use X plenty every day. I've seen zero. Adult material right after Imagine was released sure, then even that was clamped down on.", "context": "", "use_case": "social media", "switched_from": "", "story": "Grok 4.6"}, {"id": 788449968, "item_id": 49278123, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49278123", "by": "arjie", "date": "2026-08-12", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I use the chronological feed on Twitter/X as well because the algo feed is kind of meaningless.", "excerpt": "That's a fair complaint. I use the chronological feed on Twitter/X as well because the algo feed is kind of meaningless. I just want to know what people I follow are saying.", "context": "", "use_case": "following people chronologically", "switched_from": "", "story": "Facebook is paying controversial creators to produce rage-bait content"}, {"id": 788353937, "item_id": 49272121, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49272121", "by": "game_the0ry", "date": "2026-08-12", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "X and insta are my go to social networks now.", "excerpt": "I used to have hi hopes for linkedin, that it would replace the resume and make the knowledge labor market more efficient. Instead, it became more like tiktok with the short form thirst trap girly boss \"content\" and hollow linkedin influencers posting ai slop. It just became more noise, but more \"corporate.\" X and insta are my go to social networks now.", "context": "", "use_case": "social networking", "switched_from": "LinkedIn", "story": "LinkedIn CringeBot 3000"}, {"id": 788328593, "item_id": 49270537, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49270537", "by": "basisword", "date": "2026-08-12", "stance": "warn", "quote": "about 20% of the stuff in my 'recommended' feed is racist, violent, and stuff I have zero interest in", "excerpt": "I use both IG and Twitter. IG reels for me are largely funny videos, stuff I follow, and stuff I'm interested in. On Twitter I only follow tech stuff and yet about 20% of the stuff in my 'recommended' feed is racist, violent, and stuff I have zero interest in. Even if you hit the 'non interested' button they continue to shove it down your throat.", "context": "", "use_case": "following tech", "switched_from": "", "story": "Facebook is paying controversial creators to produce rage-bait content"}, {"id": 788286033, "item_id": 49267877, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49267877", "by": "jillesvangurp", "date": "2026-08-11", "stance": "warn", "quote": "It kind of turned into a very toxic political platform.", "excerpt": "> it\u2019s simply not usable purely by virtue of who\u2019s there. You are describing X here. It kind of turned into a very toxic political platform. The exodus to Threads, Mastodon, and Bluesky happened for a good reason. After Elon Musk took over it didn't exactly improve. I'm on still on X, and on Bluesky and Mastodon. For my network of perfectly normal people, most of them did not delete their X account but just aren't ve", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Bluesky's active user base is shrinking as its focus expands beyond the app"}, {"id": 788276307, "item_id": 49267269, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49267269", "by": "slopinthebag", "date": "2026-08-11", "stance": "warn", "quote": "When I used X or bluesky or Reddit they have a noticeable negative impact on my mental state.", "excerpt": "My socials (FB(not much)/Insta/TikTok) have fantastic algorithms, I they uplift my mood, have been responsible for positive changes in my mindset and life, etc. When I used X or bluesky or Reddit they have a noticeable negative impact on my mental state. Hackernews is 50/50. So I think social media which is content/image based can be more positive than the discussion based media. However we're getting more and more A", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Bluesky's active user base is shrinking as its focus expands beyond the app"}, {"id": 788228705, "item_id": 49264294, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49264294", "by": "dragonwriter", "date": "2026-08-11", "stance": "warn", "quote": "the groups towards which X either has weakened or stopped enforcing its policies against harassment", "excerpt": "The only way in which BlueSky is preferentially catering to the left is by existing as an alternative to X and specifically providing tighter control of what is in your feed; and this is only \u201ccatering to the Left\u201d because of the groups towards which X either has weakened or stopped enforcing its policies against harassment towards. (In a market with strong network externalities, being the dominant player is self rei", "context": "", "use_case": "social network", "switched_from": "", "story": "Bluesky's active user base is shrinking as its focus expands beyond the app"}, {"id": 787066448, "item_id": 49191653, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49191653", "by": "applfanboysbgon", "date": "2026-08-05", "stance": "warn", "quote": "I love how I literally cannot sign up for a new account as of last month or two.", "excerpt": "I love how I literally cannot sign up for a new account as of last month or two. Phone number required, and it won't even send the verification text if I try! Just lovely. Now if I want to create a news page dedicated to a project for people interested in updates to that specific project, I have to buy a fucking account second-hand. Pseudo-ID verification that still doesn't stop bots but does stop humans is such a dr", "context": "", "use_case": "social network account signup", "switched_from": "", "story": "Nikita Bier Steps Down as Head of Product at X"}, {"id": 786622640, "item_id": 49163915, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49163915", "by": "prtmnth", "date": "2026-08-03", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I love using the Twitter web app over the native app.", "excerpt": "I love using the Twitter web app over the native app. And whenever I think of a product, I think of how I can build a fully usable web app (even when primary access is via phone).", "context": "", "use_case": "social media", "switched_from": "", "story": "Native Apps Should Be Avoided Whenever Possible"}, {"id": 785789552, "item_id": 49111847, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49111847", "by": "ghaff", "date": "2026-07-30", "stance": "warn", "quote": "After Musk largely torched it and a lot of people just decided they didn't need that kind of social media any longer", "excerpt": "I used to do a lot of chit-chat with folks I knew on Twitter during the work day. After Musk largely torched it and a lot of people just decided they didn't need that kind of social media any longer, that channel largely went away. I use Facebook some but not the same and LinkedIn even less so.", "context": "", "use_case": "chatting with acquaintances", "switched_from": "", "story": "The Lost Civic Life of Movie Rental Stores"}, {"id": 785408897, "item_id": 49088056, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49088056", "by": "chistev", "date": "2026-07-28", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I only use Twitter now.", "excerpt": "I don't know. I lost my Facebook account because they suspended me for \"integrity issues\". I tried and failed to appeal successfully. I was pissed at first because I had had that account for over a decade, but after some months, I was glad to have lost it. I don't use Instagram. I only use Twitter now. Reddit on read-only mode. WhatsApp to talk to people since everyone and their mom is on it. But I'm considering taki", "context": "", "use_case": "social media", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: What will it take you to shift to a new social media platform?"}, {"id": 780800353, "item_id": 48800022, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48800022", "by": "dotcoma", "date": "2026-07-05", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "a Twitter account (once a week)", "excerpt": "Maybe so, or sadly so, for many people. I still have a LinkedIn account (I login once or twice s week), a Twitter account (once a week) and a bsky account (once a month). I can\u2019t believe I used to have Facebook\u2019s app on my phone.", "context": "", "use_case": "social networking", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: Are you guys happy with existing social networkin apps?"}, {"id": 779516736, "item_id": 48719796, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48719796", "by": "virgildotcodes", "date": "2026-06-29", "stance": "warn", "quote": "They've switched to a model of paying their users for engagement, which naturally encourages users to post the most engagement bait they can", "excerpt": "I'm not sure if you actually haven't checked it since, but will give you the benefit of the doubt. Accounts pushing white supremacy, the reversion of women's rights, hatred towards other on the basis of their race or religion, climate change denial, denial of science and promotion of pseudoscience, etc etc. are heavily promoted across the platform and get millions of engagements. If you create a new account, the majo", "context": "", "use_case": "social network", "switched_from": "", "story": "Tidal AI Policy"}, {"id": 778597810, "item_id": 48662363, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48662363", "by": "archagon", "date": "2026-06-24", "stance": "warn", "quote": "The accounts left on Twitter have a distinctly narcissistic, preachy vibe.", "excerpt": "I\u2019m thinking more of the \u201cDead Weight\u201d and \u201cTurbo Brains\u201d boxes as being particularly eye-rolling. As for tech discussion, of course there is an alternative. Practically every tech account I used to follow has migrated to Bluesky or Mastodon by now. The accounts left on Twitter have a distinctly narcissistic, preachy vibe. These people care more about influencing, not engaging.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "The Coming Loop"}, {"id": 778502256, "item_id": 48656391, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48656391", "by": "meowface", "date": "2026-06-24", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I detest Elon Musk but I still use Twitter because there just is no alternative to it if you want decent tech discussion.", "excerpt": "I detest Elon Musk but I still use Twitter because there just is no alternative to it if you want decent tech discussion. And I don't think it's smug or dickish. I like AI and I encourage even inexperienced software developers to use it. There's just no denying that the slop cannon phenomenon is still a very real phenomenon.", "context": "", "use_case": "tech discussion", "switched_from": "", "story": "The Coming Loop"}, {"id": 767204945, "item_id": 47950309, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47950309", "by": "zeafoamrun", "date": "2026-04-29", "stance": "warn", "quote": "the amount of virulent propaganda, totally unrelated to <topic>, that you end up absorbing is unforgivable", "excerpt": "I really like the concept of federated social networks and it's the next thing I want to get into. Maybe even work on it as a job but I doubt there are any that pay well. I think sovereignty over what information you consume is more important than ever. I had to use Twitter for work to get news about <topic> but the amount of virulent propaganda, totally unrelated to <topic>, that you end up absorbing is unforgivable", "context": "", "use_case": "getting news for work", "switched_from": "", "story": "Tangled \u2013 We need a federation of forges"}, {"id": 763333776, "item_id": 47708361, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47708361", "by": "TZubiri", "date": "2026-04-09", "stance": "warn", "quote": "Hopefully I too will leave twitter some day, some day.", "excerpt": "Very nice, Twitter/X feels like one of those things we keep doing out of inertia, like using Axios to download in javascript. We used to use it back then because it was a pretty open system, you could famously do analysis on Hashtags, it was even a fad in the scientific community to do sentiment analysis on some topics, twitter was like the Drosophila Melanogaster. The tech stack was very public as well and it had th", "context": "", "use_case": "social media", "switched_from": "", "story": "EFF is leaving X"}, {"id": 756410451, "item_id": 47275653, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47275653", "by": "paride5745", "date": "2026-03-06", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Say what you want about X, but at least there I can curate my Following tab and Lists, and have an informative experience.", "excerpt": "I am keeping Facebook just because of a couple of Groups. My timeline is completely useless, I have an endless stream of suggested post and ads, nothing relevant to me. Meta is supposed to know me, I use Instagram quite a bit (following F1 teams, some comedians and a bunch of tiktok-style content creators), but somehow this does not translate in targeting on FB, just generic targeting for my population type. I tried ", "context": "", "use_case": "curated following feed", "switched_from": "", "story": "Facebook is absolutely cooked"}, {"id": 753788336, "item_id": 47111771, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47111771", "by": "casey2", "date": "2026-02-22", "stance": "warn", "quote": "On X and similarly on Bluesky all users lack emotional development.", "excerpt": "ironically the structure of x/bluesky, that favors emotive content and echo chambers poisons its own data. You should be wary because the only kinds of people that can use these sites are those that get off on warping their personality to please the mob. I used to believe most people grew past this ape part of their brain some time between preschool and kindergarten, shortly after you stopped crying while hungry. On ", "context": "", "use_case": "social media", "switched_from": "", "story": "Be Wary of Bluesky"}, {"id": 747626352, "item_id": 46726647, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46726647", "by": "heavyset_go", "date": "2026-01-22", "stance": "warn", "quote": "it's a dumpster fire and if you get too close the fumes will make you stupid", "excerpt": "It's really, really easy to not use X. Just don't visit it, it's a dumpster fire and if you get too close the fumes will make you stupid. I don't care about \"tech personalities\", but most of the IT people whose ideas I'm interested in either have RSS feeds or Mastodon accounts, or both.", "context": "", "use_case": "social media", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: Have you managed to switch to Bluesky for tech people?"}, {"id": 747622865, "item_id": 46726429, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46726429", "by": "cebert", "date": "2026-01-22", "stance": "compare", "quote": "ended up going back to X and blocking a lot of people", "excerpt": "I tried using Bluesky and then ended up going back to X and blocking a lot of people. Both platforms seem to have some extremely political folks when I really just want to follow tech and business news.", "context": "", "use_case": "following tech and business news", "switched_from": "Bluesky", "story": "Ask HN: Have you managed to switch to Bluesky for tech people?"}, {"id": 747022848, "item_id": 46688928, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46688928", "by": "elcapitan", "date": "2026-01-19", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I mostly stay away from algorithmic timelines and deactivate retweets etc on X and Bluesky.", "excerpt": "I mostly stay away from algorithmic timelines and deactivate retweets etc on X and Bluesky. For the rest I use them for some snarky comments with a select group of people. I've tried completely quitting, but I'm not very social irl and would get lonely eventually, so this controlled dose of interaction is what works for me.", "context": "", "use_case": "snarky comments with select people", "switched_from": "", "story": "Use Social Media Mindfully"}, {"id": 738396608, "item_id": 46149788, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46149788", "by": "jMyles", "date": "2025-12-04", "stance": "warn", "quote": "twitter (and even moreso, reddit) are just so overrun by bots", "excerpt": "I want something that seems so very simple: * A web-of-trust social media, where I can instantly see, about any account, all of the chains of separation between us, in order to verify and validate the humanity and social connection of another person. Presently, twitter (and even moreso, reddit) are just so overrun by bots whose job seems to be to muddy all waters with short-shrift, low-effort takes, but expressed in ", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "The Free Software Foundation Europe deleted its account on X"}, {"id": 733169058, "item_id": 45823066, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45823066", "by": "unionjack22", "date": "2025-11-05", "stance": "warn", "quote": "I highly recommend dropping the dopaminergic doomloop apps like Reddit/Bluesky/X/tiktok/IG.", "excerpt": "If anyone wishes to use this study as a catalyst to shift one\u2019s attitude, then I highly recommend dropping the dopaminergic doomloop apps like Reddit/Bluesky/X/tiktok/IG. Your life will be better for it. Snapchat can stay\u2026for reasons.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Optimism associated with exceptional longevity (2019)"}]}