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After Axing Headlines, Elon Musk To Hide Retweet, Like Buttons On Twitter (www.pcmag.com)
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[–] 48 points 3 years ago (9 children)

Seriously, everyone here, if you know somebody still using Twitter, you should take the time to inform them about mastodon and explain why continuing to use that dying abusive platform and give Musk legitimacy is a bad idea.

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  • [–] 16 points 3 years ago (7 children)

    The moment you get actual content creators to move off twitter and provide their content on mastodon, I'm deleting it too. Until then I don't really see mastodon being a proper replacement, if anything it looks like bsky is taking the lead in that area unfortunately. Besides, half of mastodon community is seemingly against the idea of becoming mainstream anyway... so I dunno if it's ever going to work out that way.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 years ago (5 children)

    As somebody who produces content (with a full time job so not as often as I like) it's so much harder to get engagement on mastodon without the algorithm tbh. I'm trying to get my name out there but engagement is slim to none compared to say, Instagram. I'm not on Twitter but both BlueSky and Mastodon have been a struggle. I don't see myself devoting too much energy into them as far as posting content goes tbh.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    I'm sorry but that's because you are treating Mastodon like an advertising platform, not a social network.

    engagement is slim to none compared to say, Instagram

    This is because Instagram is an ad platform with social features.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (3 children)

    I'm fully aware of that thanks, I was responding to:

    The moment you get actual content creators to move off twitter and provide their content on mastodon, I’m deleting it too.

    And saying from the perspective of a content creator, that's an issue that's hard to overlook. So mastodon won't get to that point of having all the content creators if there isn't something to help them share their content. I don't know what the solution would be, maybe a separate feed with an algorithm that people can switch to if they want.

    Edit: and the antisocial comments below is why mastodon will never take off with the larger population and therefore never really compete with Twitter, Threads, or BlueSky for content.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    My point was that creators should want to disconnect from these artificial engagement driven systems that make people care about their "brand" and all that corpo bullshit.

    I don't think mastodon has to do anything to draw creators to it, it is what it is and many people like it that way. I don't like the fake, engagement driven, clout goblin mentality that infests instagram and if mastodon started doing things to cultivate that vibe I would consider it a bug not a feature.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    You're bunding all of it together. I don't want EA to run their marketing campaign or mastodon (although why not - it'd add legitimacy to the platform and I can easily block/not follow them), but I do want smaller youtubers posting there, I want artists to share news or boost other artists. I want developers to post announcements about what they are working on or when an update drops for their game. I want developers to have their personal accounts there and share stories about the development too.

    All of this i get on twitter. I haven't gotten any of it on mastodon because none of these people have moved off twitter, and never will because mastodon doesn't want to give them a platform on which they can reach the same audience.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    Right. I guess I just loathe the relentless commodification of our social interactions and one of the things I like about mastodon isthath the "always be promoting your personal brand" thing is notably absent. It reminds me of early social media, before people became brainrotted chasing the influencer lifestyle. I guess I just don't think you can have an algorithm for that kind of thing because then the connections aren't real.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 years ago

    You're not going to argue them out of Twitter. If they're still there, it's not for rational reasons. It's because of nostalgia, or because they're part of communities that are stuck facing the Fiddler on the Roof problem.

    Shaming them for staying isn't going to work, either. We need to make a space for them to move to, not away from, and, frankly, the Fediverse just isn't that right now.

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