Business Twitter drama too much? Mastodon, others emerge as options Lesser-known sites are emerging as new (or renewed) alternatives. Here’s a look at some of them. The Mastodon site is shown on a smart phone in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, Nov. 11, 2022. Sites like Mastodon and even Tumblr are emerging as new (or renewed) alternatives to Twitter. (AP Photo/Barbara Ortutay) The Associated Press Twitter has been a bit of a mess since billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk took the helm, cutting the company’s workforce in half, upending the platform’s verification system, sparring with users over jokes, and acknowledging that…