A look at T2, a Twitter alternative co-founded by a former director at Google's Area 120 to offer a “2007 Twitter” vibe that Elon Musk's platform no longer does
Cofounder Gabor Cselle says his upstart social network can offer a “2007 Twitter” community vibe that Elon Musk's platform no longer supplies. Tweets: @martinsfp , @reversechapter , @micsolana , @epro , @exjon , @zachware , @pt , @gabor , @chrismessina , and @stevenlevy Tweets: @martinsfp : Hmm. I wish it well, but whatever replaces Twitter will not be a nostalgia trip. https://twitter.com/... @reversechapter : @Techmeme @StevenLevy “Musk's platform”? Never mind the dismissal of regression in more recent years, but @elonmusk just recently took control. He's clearly still arduously working to retool the culture and coding to merely *allow* fair criticism of the kind of absurd propaganda you market here. Mike Solana / @micsolana : this revisionist history where, up until a few months ago, twitter was a calm, quaint little watering hole for friends to share jokes and talk about the world rather than a seething engine of social war is truly amazing https://t.co/... Emil Protalinski / @epro : I'm not going to say it's too late, because that's rarely true in software, but T2 is moving too slowly. I joined the waitlist last month, never got an email, and haven't heard anything since. Even https://post.news/ is moving faster. https://twitter.com/... Jon Gabriel / @exjon : In tech circles, they call this kind of app a “Mastodon killer.” https://twitter.com/... Zach Ware / @zachware : Will it have the fail whale from crashing 100x daily and completely buckle when Justin Bieber tweets? I want that twitter back. https://t.co/... Parker / @pt : This seems like the smart bet, but when I consider what I like about Twitter, it comes down to the core interaction model. I think that's why it's been so resilient to very good competition. They nailed the essence of an interest graph oriented around people & never changed it. https://twitter.com/... Gabor Cselle / @gabor : WIRED's @stevenlevy wrote about T2 this morning! The title is perhaps a bit more aggressive than I'd like it to be, but the piece captures our approach. https://www.wired.com/... @chrismessina : Outing myself as the “one user” who likened T2 to “a quiet gathering on a large lawn with wine served and a hushed din as guests arrive.” 🍷 https://t2.social/... Nice write up by @StevenLevy! https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/... Steven Levy / @stevenlevy : Of the many startups trying to build a Twitter alternative, T2 is notable for most wanting to be like....OG Twitter. I sit down w @gabor to get the low down. https://www.wired.com/...