Considering leaving Twitter? Check out these micro-blogging sites

With Elon Musk taking over the famous microblogging social media platform Twitter a lot has changed Mass firing of employees and a constantly changing policy about verified accounts are some of the reasons why people might fly the nest And of course there are Muskrsquos insufferable tweets to bear as well Check these options outTribelOwned by American political activists Tribel is one of the closest alternatives to Twitter The only difference It is said to be leftleaning The developers have positioned themselves as a ldquograssroot social networkrdquo that is ldquofree of hatred and fake newsrdquo Users customise their news feed by selecting the topics and also select a target audience It is available on Android and iOSPlurkPlurk a free social media and micro blogging service was launched in 2008 and is headquartered in Taiwan A lsquoplurkrsquo can be up to 360 text characters in length and the updates show up on the userrsquos timeline in chronological order Plurkrsquos unique feature is that one scrolls through the timeline horizontally It is a websitebased platform that speaks 45 languages and therersquos an app for Android and iOSBlueskyFormer Twitter cofounder Jack Dorsey thought of Bluesky in 2019 The project originated with Twitter but has established itself as an independent platform now They say they are working on building a ldquonew foundation for social networking which gives creators independence from platforms developers the freedom to build and users a choice in their experiencerdquo A month ago in October they launched their waiting list for the beta versionParlerParler is an American alttech social networking platform catering to conservatives Launched in 2018 it was heralded as a free speechfocused and unbiased alternative to Twitter and Facebook and its users include those banned from mainstream social networks American rapper Kanye West is said to have acquired it Parlerrsquos features are similar to Twittermdashusers can like reply and share posts It is available on Android and iOSMastodonAlthough around since 2016 a more stable version of Mastodon was released earlier this year It is a free and opensource software for running selfhosted social networking sites It has microblogging features similar to Twitter Besides being able to post there are hashtags which count the number of people who have used it in the past few days Therersquos also a separate section for news The Mastodon app is Android and iOS compliant