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madison.skipper
Tagged Tendril
November 15, 2024
Question

Replacement for X?

  • November 15, 2024
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Curious if anyone has seen a new platform emerge as a replacement for X, formerly Twitter, specifically among the science, research and healthcare community. I’m a social media manager for a cancer treatment and research institution and X is a big part of our social strategy. As Bluesky and Mastadon are growing in popularity, I would love to know if any healthcare or research organizations have made the switch and if you are seeing a growing community of users interested in science or medical content.

21 replies

Seedling
December 10, 2024

BlueSky for sure! Already seeing members of the healthcare community and journalists migrate and use that platform. It’s grown significantly. I already secured our brand handle but am waiting to post until Sprout integrates with it. 

mary
Engagement Orchard
December 11, 2024

Not many brands have hopped onto BlueSky yet - although I’d definitely go there over Mastodon. Plus, you could set up a new feed for whatever topic you’d like. Bring the conversation to you!

One thing I haven’t seen anyone mention is Reddit! I would need to know more specifics about the company to search for Communities that would be a good fit, but I’d definitely recommend looking there! One advantage that Reddit would have over a newer platform is that they have their ad platform up and running. 

Mary
Tagged Tendril
December 11, 2024

Between BlueSky and Linkedin, I would pick Linkedin. It’s a proven platform and a lot of strategies to use to engage with a massive career, skills and business focused community there. 

Seedling
January 24, 2025

Is Sprout exploring how an integration with BlueSky could work? Not being able to manage a BlueSky profile alongside our other social accounts through Sprout is one of the key reasons we’re not actively posting on there yet. ​@Jonathan Zuluaga ​@Laura Porcincula 

 

 

mary
Engagement Orchard
January 25, 2025

​@Simon I’m curious too. Especially since a few social management platforms already have BlueSky available (including Buffer and Social Champ).

Mary
Laura Porcincula
Former Community Manager
January 28, 2025

Hi ​@Simon and ​@mary, I don't have an update for y'all on a BlueSky integration yet. I know it's extremely important to y'all as it is quickly becoming one of our top Arb Ideas. I'd recommend giving the Idea an upvote if you haven't already and I'll be sure to share updates as I receive them. Here's the link:

 

Laura Porcincula (she/her)
Seedling
January 28, 2025

Thanks ​@Laura Porcincula. Weirdly I get an error on that link. As far as I can see I am logged in already so not sure where I’m going wrong?  

 

Laura Porcincula
Former Community Manager
January 28, 2025

Hi ​@Simon, the link I shared is a gated Sprout Customer forum, I just updated your permissions and you should be able to see it now. If you’re still having difficulty, can you DM me directly and I’ll loop in a colleague for assistance. Thank you!

Laura Porcincula (she/her)
mary
Engagement Orchard
January 28, 2025

​@Laura Porcincula Do you have a link to where we can up vote it? 

Mary
Laura Porcincula
Former Community Manager
January 28, 2025

 This is the link ​@mary:

Hi ​@Simon and ​@mary, I don't have an update for y'all on a BlueSky integration yet. I know it's extremely important to y'all as it is quickly becoming one of our top Arb Ideas. I'd recommend giving the Idea an upvote if you haven't already and I'll be sure to share updates as I receive them. Here's the link:

 

 

Laura Porcincula (she/her)