Twitter's rivals rise under Musk's influence

The social media platform Twitter's competitors are on the rise after Elon Musk's moves. After Musk announced that the number of tweets that can be read was restricted, users encountered service issues over the weekend. Those experiencing problems on Twitter are turning to new platforms. Hundreds of thousands of new accounts were opened over the weekend on Spill, founded by former Twitter employees, Bluesky, founded by Jack Dorsey, Post and Mastodon, which were launched as a closed beta just a few weeks ago. The waters on Twitter are not calming down due to Elon Musk's moves. Every major mistake on the platform operated by Musk directs more users to explore other platforms. The company was shaken by resignations and mass layoffs after Musk purchased the social media platform. The social media platform, which has experienced access problems and various changes since the day Musk purchased it, has started to direct users to different platforms with new regulations. As will be remembered, Twitter users encountered service issues over the weekend after Musk announced that the number of tweets that can be read was restricted. Founded by former Twitter employees and launched as a closed beta just a few weeks ago, Spill saw more than 100,000 new accounts created this weekend. “They tried to bury us, but they didn’t know we were seeds,” Spill CEO Alphonzo Terrell said, capitalizing on user dissatisfaction with Musk’s changes to Twitter. Spill has been successful in getting high-profile celebrities to join the app, including Keke Palmer and Ava DuVernay. This weekend, iconic musician Questlove of The Roots tweeted a profile promoting Spill. The decentralized app, funded by Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, had a big weekend on Bluesky. Bluesky grew from about 184,000 users on Friday to about 238,000 on Monday. Post, a publisher-focused Twitter alternative, said its daily active users have increased by a factor of four and new signups have increased by a factor of 10 since Saturday, when Twitter users began experiencing speed limiting issues. The company declined to share the exact number of users. Mastodon is another social media platform that has managed to stand out among Twitter’s competitors. Before Musk bought Twitter, Mastodon had about 380,000 monthly active users. The combined open-source platform reached 2.5 million active users in two months. It was announced that the Threads platform, which was founded by Meta, a company that owns Facebook and Instagram, as a competitor to Twitter, will be launched on Thursday.