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5 Social Networks That Are Alternatives to Twitter (Plus, What You Need to Know)

Buffer Social

Ever since Twitter’s ownership changed in late 2022, several apps have sprung up offering to be alternatives with varying degrees of popularity. Server operators oversee the users' activity registered and hosted on their respective servers. Some are so recent they’re not even at the beta testing stage yet.

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The History of Social Media in 33 Key Moments

Hootsuite

Tumblr and the age of the microblog (2007) In 2007, the social network described as “Twitter meets YouTube and WordPress” came a-tumblin’ along when 17-year-old David Karp launched Tumblr from his bedroom. As the story goes, Twitter early adopter Chris Messina, proposed the hashtag for organizing tweets.

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Content Aggregators are Killing Content Creators

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Opinion , Social Media > Content Aggregators are Killing Content Creators Content Aggregators are Killing Content Creators by Tamar Weinberg on September 23, 2009 Share This is a guest post from Josh Schnell, founder of Macgasm.net and web developer.

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Think Twice About Automating Your Social Media Efforts

SocMed Sean

I recently participate in an Twitter chat where the conversation turned to whether or not it’s a good idea to automate social media activities. Personally, I do leverage tools like Paper.li, but as an aggregation tool, not for the purpose of filler tweets. Do you automate your social media activities?

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The New Dilemma: Social Media Exposes Us to Too Much, Too Often

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

The introduction of social feeds by Facebook, Twitter and other social networks changed the way that people discovered content. Instead of having to actively search for new and interesting things, our friends were doing the work for us. The next evolution in content discovery came with the social revolution.

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It’s All About.SOCIAL

The Realtime Report

This means that www.yourbrand.social can redirect to your brand’s Facebook today, Twitter tomorrow and the social media platform of the future the next day. billion are active social media users. Using an aggregated site provides a comprehensive portrait of the brand’s news, promotions, and updates. – Twitter.

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3 Reasons Why Pinterest May Succeed Where Google+ Has Failed

SocMed Sean

The results are uniquely crowd-sourced aggregations and classifications of content from across the Web. With a limited number of hours in the day , could Pinterest actually draw users away from other social networks like Facebook and Twitter? So Why Now? What Makes Pinterest Different? And what about Google+?

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