What’s your favorite social platform in 2025?
Social media has evolved a lot.
What started as a way to stay in touch with classmates and friends has turned into something entirely different: a place where everyone, from students to CEOs, is creating content, building audiences, and gaining professional exposure.
So I’m curious:
What’s your favorite platform right now and why?
For me, it’s TikTok. I find it full of genuinely useful videos, the algorithm is still incredibly sharp, and it hasn’t been completely overrun by bots (yet).
Twitter/X? Great for ideas, but lately it’s become a place full with bots. Impossible to reach out real people.
LinkedIn? Too polished. Too “look at my career highlight reel.”
Facebook? Feels like it’s slowly turning into a place for 50+ and local buy/sell groups.
What about you: where do you actually enjoy spending time online these days?👇
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For me, these are:
Product Hunt – you "won't believe" but I take it as a specialised tech social media platform :D
LinkedIn
X (Twitter)
Substack (I chat with people there too in DMs) :)
@busmark_w_nika I was referring solely and exclusively to social networks.
But if we broaden the definition and include other places as social networks, then yes: Product Hunt is definitely my favorite place in 2025.
And what about some of the newer social networks, like Threads or Bluesky?
@byalexai For me, it is Bluesky. TBH, I oscilate in Threads only by the Accident :D
@busmark_w_nika what's the coolest thing on Bluesky?
@byalexai For now, without ads :D
IXORD
I don't watch TikTok much but I watch Reels and YouTube Shorts. But I liked PH/LinkedIn more because people share their experiences and I find it interesting to read and sometimes implement it in my life. We are always learning :D
@ixord And how do you deal with the grandiose language on LinkedIn? I feel like everyone sounds very fake there.
IXORD
@byalexai I agree with you because everyone wears a work mask pretending to be super perfect. That is their choice but I think the time will come when if a person does not talk about work it is worth paying attention to them. LinkedIn positions itself as a professional platform. You rarely see funny posts there, it is all about work. But I support everyone on that network, they each have their own motives. Very interesting.
Honestly, don’t have a favorite because every platform feels like playing dopamine roulette and I seldom win at that game. There’s so much incredible content out there, but when I try to be intentional about what I want, the algorithm hijacks me somewhere else.
My ideal platform - if any ProduchHunters are listening!— would let me get to choose what I see and when I see it—like putting on different channel modes.... One for AI news or business. Another for when I want fitness inspo or recipes. Culture/trends. Marketing tips. And of course... puppy video mode.
@marcelo_e_cardoso You can join a news aggregator — that’s the easiest way to stay on top of a specific niche.
Like this one
https://www.inoreader.com/
@byalexai Yes– would love something like that, but that pulled instagram, youtube, tiktok feeds— and allowed me to comment/interact!
@marcelo_e_cardoso maybe you can try https://walls.io/
I'd actually say YouTube. I like finding great content from lesser known creators thats really polished and thoughtful. I do unsubscribe pretty fast though. Many people get famous too fast and quickly copy the "popular persona". It's why I can't get onboard with TikTok or Instagram. Might give Threads a shot since it's the only one I haven't tried.
@csurita can you mention some of your favorite Youtube creators?
@byalexai Not small by any means, but Kurzgesagt has been a fantastic way for me to actually get complex topics across to kids, my older parents, spouse, etc. It's pretty entertaining and makes me feel like I'm actually doing something productive vs. getting entertained.
NetworkChuck is like Bill Nye the Science Guy but for Networking. Veritasium is excellent as well for just learning about the physical world, Mark Rober is similar but more entertaining in application.
I also watched stuff like Good Work which does really questionable (and I mean this in the greatest way) overviews of business topics in general, The Car Care Nut for excellent overviews on cars from a mechanics point of view, Big Think for awesome interviews with experts across so many fields...
There's a massive list but I think these creators balance content (for money) and enrichment pretty well. I think overtime I might embrace shortform, but for now it's longform content for me!
@csurita Never heard of them, but I’ll take a look.
Atlas
OH NO!!! I love Facebook... and the Buy Nothing group. 🫣 I'm an old lady!!! 👵🏻
On a serious note. I'm so focused on helping grow my company that LinkedIn has to be my favorite at the moment. Product Hunt comes at a close second because this is the best platform for us to build in public.
@laura_cruickshanks Product Hunt is the best place.
Maybe we should include as a social media.
Scade.pro
For me, it's Reddit. I love the community and the trustworthy vibe
@nastassia_k Yes, it's a great place to find ideas. Can you mention some of your favorite subredits?
Finden
I agree TikTok has become a guilty pleasure... doom scroll central. However, there is so much opportunity for businesses to scale as I know I am not the only one!
@randeep_wilkhu yep, not only for dancing kids
it's a platform to learn
Interesting question, Aleksandar.
For me, it’s still Twitter/X, despite all the noise. If you follow the right people and mute what doesn’t serve you, it’s still the best place for real-time updates, crypto discussions, and niche communities.
TikTok is definitely engaging, but I often find it too fast-paced — not ideal when you want to dig deeper into a topic.
LinkedIn is great for networking, but like you said, it feels overly curated and “corporate” at times.
I think a lot of us are still searching for a platform that balances authentic content, real community, and minimal algorithm interference. Until then, it’s about picking the best one for the moment.
@boxexchanger Nice
Lets follow each other on X.
I love how LinkedIn has evolved over the past few years — from insightful content to the ability to connect with professionals across industries and backgrounds. It’s easily my favorite platform.
Definitely agree on TikTok for the mix of viral and genuinely useful content. I even find myself searching there more than on Google lately.
Facebook still has value too, mainly through specific groups where I can get feedback and community-led insights.
I've been exploring Threads lately too, it's more conversational than LinkedIn and less chaotic than Twitter.
Honestly? Still LinkedIn, but not for the usual reasons.
I don’t go there to post polished wins or growth hacks. I treat it like a quiet research tool.
It’s where I read between the lines job changes in healthtech, who’s hiring for ops vs. AI, what language founders use to talk about automation pains. That subtext is gold when you're building something like TinyCommand.
That said, I do miss the messiness of early Twitter where ideas felt raw, and you didn’t need a content calendar to show up. Threads were chaotic. Conversations happened in real-time. I still peek in occasionally when I want to feel that old pulse.
@priyanka_gosai1 Can you give examples of how to find cool things on LinkedIn? Because all I read there are just tearful stories.