But right **w the state of Twitter is such that pretty much anything resembling it could replace it. The main requirement of this new service? Just don't be Twitter.*
Case in point: Mastodon. The open-source, decentralized Twitter clone grew rapidly over the last week; so fast that the main server (at Mastodon, they call this "instance") had to shut down its doors for new users. And it's **t hard to guess where all these users are coming from: If you join one of the other instances right **w, most of the messages you'll see will be sighs of relief from users who finally feel freed from the shackles of Twitter.* Read more...