There’s been a lot of talk in recent weeks about social networks and the way they do business.
Whether it’s Facebook and their skimming of personal information, or Twitter and their millions of fake user accounts, people are beginning to have less and less trust in social media.
And, with movements calling for users to leave the various networks or at least boycott their services, it’s not hard to imagine them shutting their doors in the near future.
So, what would happen if the three biggest social networks — Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram — suddenly had to close down tomorrow? Who would take their place?
Join us, today, as we take a closer look at the next in line for the social network throne, and get yourself ready for the next big thing in social.

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Facebook, Replaced By Nuzzel
Easily one of the most instantly-recognizable social networks of our time, Facebook, like Myspace before it, won’t be around forever. So, when Old Blue eventually takes its final curtain call, who’s most likely to take its place?
We’d like to introduce Nuzzel.
While Nuzzel isn’t necessarily a Facebook clone, it’s an aggregator that brings together the updates from your other social networks to form a single timeline. This gives it that social home type of feeling, bringing you news, shares, and other interesting events in one single place. Whatever’s trending, you’re getting it, with Nuzzel.
Twitter, Replaced By Mastodon
Twitter’s always been a bit of a problematic network, because of its various rules and the fact that the user base can be a little aggressive. Then there’s the fact that, recently, they’ve come under fire for allowing thousands of fake user accounts without consequence.
It’s this kind of questionable design that makes Mastodon seem all the more attractive. This platform is open source, which means the code it’s made from is available to use and edit the way the user prefers. Users choose their own incidences, but can message each other in others. Rules differ from instance to instance, depending on what the users decide, making the entire thing completely democratic.
Instagram, Replaced By Pixlr-o-matic
A lot of the attraction with Instagram is in users being able to take snapshots and apply awesome filters to their pictures, to achieve dozens of different effects. Create slick, professional-looking media easily, from your phone or computer, and share them to other users of the same network.
While Pixlr-o-matic doesn’t bother with the social network back-end, you’ll actually find this functionality isn’t entirely necessary. Get creative, with dozens of filters, colors, frames, and other effects, and share your photos easily across your other social networks, or directly between devices.
A World Of Social Networks, Waiting To Be Discovered
The Internet’s a big place. There’s a lot to discover, and no shortage of social networks to enjoy. We’ve seen some of the biggest ones yet come and go, and there are likely to be more to come.
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