I think a big reason for that is that X empowers creators and independent journalists, so people are able to get much more accurate and relevant information on almost any subject, completely circumventing governments and the controlled fake media. Nothing else has come close to that yet.

Yep, even without DBuzz, there is a plethora of micro-blogging frontends now.

Yep, there are indeed, and I've explored a fair number of them over time. Qortal also has its own completely internal iterations as well. 😁🙏💚✨🤙

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