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> Also I imagine if everyone started blocking real retweets like this people would just go back to the oldskool copy-paste method. Yet, other networks where re
by draugadrotten 9y ago
> Also I imagine if everyone started blocking real retweets like this people would just go back to the oldskool copy-paste method.
Yet, other networks where retweeting (reposting) requires copy-paste has a much lower percentage of this. Anecdotally, almost nobody in my instagram feed are reposting other people's photos or text. There are applications to do so, or one could just copy-paste a screenshot. Yet, most people post only their own photos. On twitter, almost half of the posts I see on the first page are reposted retweets. How does it look for you?
Also, Raising the bar very little would make a huge impact due to the amplification of the network effect.
- rythie 9y agoI agree with this, on Twitter and Facebook I will very often repost stuff, but on Instagram I never do. However, I do think it's hard to get noticed on Instagram (if that's what you want), due to the lack of native sharing, likes are on someone else's feed and often don't even get a follow from a popular share.
- kitd 9y agoIt may be related to the target platform for Instagram and Snapchat being mobile devices. Copy-pasting on mobile tends to be more cumbersome, and the slightest impediment to the UX can have a significant effect on how many times it occurs.
- zaarn 9y agoEven some networks with retweeting don't suffer this as much. Most of my mastodon feed is posts, a retweet(boost) is probably one in 50 on a normal day, spiking to maybe one in 10. It might be a cultural problem on twitter (maybe some mastodon communities have similar problems...)