Growth · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Twitter and Tear Gas

The Power and Fragility of Networked Protest

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Twitter and Tear Gas launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Pledge to Protest: Social Networks▲3

   Field guides on how to protest big social

   2018 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   The Dark Net▲62

   A revelatory examination of the internet

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Obfuscation▲53

   A user's guide for privacy and protest

   2015 · mitpress.mit.edu · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Voten▲73

   Social bookmarking for the 21st Century

   2017 · voten.co · its alternatives →

5. 5
   The Impromptu: The Twitter Catalyst▲62

   What is Twitter doing to make the UX better for harassment?

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship▲127

   The startup journey is never smooth or easy

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   The Right Sort: a Twitter Fiction ▲53

   Booker Prize nom. author David Mitchell writes for twitter

   2015 · x.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Hack the Bird▲90

   Advanced Twitter playbook for startups and entrepreneurs

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   WeBot▲81

   Find protests and invite your friends

   2017 · messenger.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Penflip▲119

    A social writing platform

    2013 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Viral Loop: From Facebook to Twitter▲96

    How today's smartest businesses grow themselves

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

12. 12HT
    How to protest big social networks▲8

    2018 · pledgetoprotest.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Invisible Influence▲66

    The Hidden Forces that Shape Behavior

    2016 · amazon.ca · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Unmetric▲67

    Social Media BenchMarking

    2014 · brandwatch.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Social Physics▲63

    What can data tell us about how ideas flow through networks?

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Connected▲56

    The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Sh…

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Field guide to protesting Facebook▲3

    You are bigger than network effects

    2018 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Invisible Influence▲69

    The hidden forces that shape behavior

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Understanding Media▲70

    The Extensions of Man

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Community Building on the Web▲86

    Secret strategies for successful online communities

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Social Cops▲63

    Powering world's decisions through data from the grassroots

    2014 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Resistance Toolkit▲119

    Curating the resources of the #resistance

    2017 · resistancetoolkit.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Social Network Theory and Educational Change▲68

    Studies on how social networks can affect education reform

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Quirell▲72

    A social network by and for marginalized people (Indiegogo)

    2014 · indiegogo.com · its alternatives →

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