Are we set for a major shake-up of social media?

16 Jan 2025

It feels like we’re at an inflection point for social media, a moment where there’s a viable opening for a competitor to come in and dilute the power of the incumbents.

But are we really?

Sure, Meta has back-flipped on its moderation standards to appease the incoming president, while Elon Musk has transformed Twitter into a propaganda machine to benefit his own interests, and TikTok is on the way out of the U.S.

We also now have viable competition, in Bluesky, and related, decentralized social apps, that can provide similar functionality to the big corporates.