I joined Parler last week, after opening accounts in Gab, Gutrgoo, Inditoot, Mastodon, Koo, Elyments,  Squeaks, Opined, and others. All these platforms have tried to provide an alternative to Twitter’s hegemony and highhandedness, but without much success. We also have to consider the fact that there is really no compelling reason for anyone to move away from Twitter, despite its blatant bias and political interference. The greatest advantage that Twitter provided was flattening the social media, and there is no point in doing this again. I believe that the future of social media is likely to be more local, more personalized, and more sensory.

Twitter also showed the power of network, when the Prime Minister endorsed a book, A New Idea of India, which created quite a flutter. Should the PM endorse a book? Should the PM endorse this book? Now that he has endorsed the book, for that arrow has left the bow, I have some expectations from the authors too.