Why is it so unbelievable to you that a different platform with seemingly happy users could have a viral moment through word of mouth, right as a whole lot of people are actively seeking alternatives?

Let’s put it this way: if a huge amount of people suddenly find themselves done with twitter, what serious alternatives are there beside Bluesky?

I actually think there are a few, only some have achieved critical mass with smaller subnetworks. BlueSky and Threads both seem to have attracted non-tech networks although Threads downranked political content, so BlueSky seems like the natural next mass appeal product.

Others:

Mastodon: many tech subnetworks (security, data)

Nostr and Warpcast: Crypto

>Something is definitely up.

Well duh - the figurehead of X buddied up with Trump so the dems are leaving.