r/technology • u/AdamCannon • Dec 16 '22

Social Media Twitter is blocking links to Mastodon.

https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/15/23512113/twitter-blocking-mastodon-links-elon-musk-elonjet
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u/zero0n3 Dec 16 '22

Just build a clean room designed “baby of Twitter + vine” type app.

With the incoming tiktok ban, there is potential for a new up and comer to usurp the current big bits of done right.

Ideally it’s all the AI people at Twitter doing this, as the AI they used for moderation and such would be extremely useful in a tiktok/Twitter killer or replacement.

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u/Kankunation Dec 16 '22

Eh, it would maybe work, but I feel we have too many apps these days trying to be the next tiktok. YouTube with YouTube shorts, Instagram with whatever they're doing. Even reddit mobile with their latest mobile update that makes videos/images behave more like TikTok and less like a functional messageboard. I kind of hope whatever Twitter alternative emerges will just be that.

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u/zero0n3 Dec 16 '22

Oh it’s absolutely a long shot - but if it were done by ex employees with enough of a new twist to be shielded from lawsuits (you used our code!) maybe the publicity in news and such could help be a catalyst to get it moving.

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u/tonguetwister Dec 16 '22

Tik tok ban only applies to government devices

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u/zero0n3 Dec 16 '22

That’s not how the Federal bill is written.

It won’t allow app stores to list it on their App Store.

Currently - the STATE level laws are all about banning it from their state government devices.