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Mass migration from Twitter is likely to be an uphill battle – just ask ex-Tumblr users

  • Written by Casey Fiesler, Associate Professor of Information Science, University of Colorado Boulder
imageThe turmoil inside Twitter headquarters is sparking discussion of a mass exodus of users. What will happen if there is a rush to the exits?AP Photo/Jeff Chiu

Elon Musk announced that “the bird is freed” when his US$44 billion acquisition of Twitter officially closed on Oct. 27, 2022. Some users on the microblogging platform saw this as...

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