Have Your Donation Matched up to $100: http://givewell.org/tldr Elon Musk's tumultuous tenure of Twitter/X has seen competitors in the social media space trying to capitalise on its recent controversies and declining users. But do any of them have a genuine shot of filling the void left behind by the big blue bird? 🎞 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tldrnews 🗣 Discord: https://tldrnews.co.uk/discord 💡 Got a Topic Suggestion? - https://forms.gle/mahEFmsW1yGTNEYXA Support TLDR on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/tldrnews Donate by PayPal: https://tldrnews.co.uk/funding Our mission is to explain news and politics in an impartial, efficient, and accessible way, balancing import and interest while fostering independent thought. TLDR is a completely independent & privately owned media company that's not afraid to tackle the issues we think are most important. The channel is run by a small group of young people, with us hoping to pass on our enthusiasm for politics to other young people. We are primarily fan sourced with most of our funding coming from donations and ad revenue. No shady corporations, no one telling us what to say. We can't wait to grow further and help more people get informed. Help support us by subscribing, engaging and sharing. Thanks! //////////////////////////// 1 - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/24/business/x-elon-musk-advertisers.html 2 - https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/elon-musk-antisemitic-tweet-x-b2456440.html 3 - https://www.wsj.com/tech/meta-threads-europe-launch-98448df5?mod=followamazon 4 - https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/25/23932473/mark-zuckerberg-threads-100-million-monthly-users-earnings 5 - https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/26/zuckerberg-says-threads-has-a-good-chance-of-reaching-1-billion-users-in-a-few-years 6 - https://www.statista.com/statistics/303681/twitter-users-worldwide/ 7 - https://blog.hootsuite.com/what-is-mastodon/ 8 - https://www.theverge.com/23686584/twitter-alternative-social-media-platforms-mastodon-bluesky-activitypub-protocol 9 - https://www.engadget.com/is-decentralization-the-future-of-social-media-194554192.html 10 - https://mashable.com/article/bluesky-2-million-users-public-interface 11 - https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/06/bluesky-says-it-will-allow-users-to-opt-out-of-the-public-web-interface-after-backlash/ 12 - https://blueskyweb.xyz/blog/11-15-2023-toward-federation 00:00 Introduction 01:32 X’s Downfall 04:17 Threads 06:41 Mastodon 08:25 Bluesky 09:37 Could They Replace X? 12:07 GiveWell