Colm O'Regan: Twitter's gone sour — where to next?

Mastodon might be the next big thing, but I'll always thank Facebook for the memories

On Twitter you could say that you liked Spuds and someone would reply WHAT ABOUT CARROTS. But on LinkedIn you could announce you’ve just joined an exciting project in suppressing popular uprisings and someone will say BRILLIANT NEWS YOU’LL CRUSH IT GIRLBOSS.

Twitter’s gone sour. Or sourer. Sensible people aren’t bothered. They’ve somehow managed to live their lives without social media. The weirdos. But some people are worried and thinking of moving.

They are moving to a thing called Mastodon. A social network which is a bit like...eh…em…Basically, it has a thing called a … Sorry, I’ve spent too much time on social media has rotted my ability to understand details.