>You would have thought that the people that most want to leave the site would welcome an alternative model that is specifically un-Twitter like.
I don't think this part is right though. Most of the people looking for Twitter alternatives at this particular moment aren't looking because they're unhappy with Twitter the product. They just want Twitter Exactly But With No Elon -- that's why half the word count of this post about social media is a rant about how the author dislikes Elon's version of futurism.
You're right about Twitter's addictive design, but that's what the people complaining want: to indulge their Twitter addiction without using Twitter.
I don't think this part is right though. Most of the people looking for Twitter alternatives at this particular moment aren't looking because they're unhappy with Twitter the product. They just want Twitter Exactly But With No Elon -- that's why half the word count of this post about social media is a rant about how the author dislikes Elon's version of futurism.
You're right about Twitter's addictive design, but that's what the people complaining want: to indulge their Twitter addiction without using Twitter.