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What's the point of moving to Mastodon if you still need to promote your posts on Twitter? This seems like cognitive dissonance... rage quit Twitter, only to gr

by proc0 4y ago

What's the point of moving to Mastodon if you still need to promote your posts on Twitter? This seems like cognitive dissonance... rage quit Twitter, only to gripe about Twitter features. Just use Mastodon.

akmarinov 4y ago
Help others do the same and take away as much traffic as possible away
- bnt 4y ago
  Why? Mastodon will never take off.
  - yread 4y ago
    If Mastodon wasn't taking off they wouldn't have to block the links
    - rvz 4y ago
      Twitter did it before in the past [0] and Mastodon still didn't 'take off'. Today it is no different, and just like before in tech circles, this outrage will just subside as it is not the end of the world. Other than the techies getting emotional and screaming at Twitter, little to no one of the 200M+ people still using Twitter daily care to delete their account(s) and leave for something worse. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31607941 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31607941
- proc0 4y ago
  So they should facilitate losing their own users? And people think that it's somehow bad that they won't go along with it? I'm pretty sure YouTube won't let you advertise other video platforms in videos. It defeats the purpose of the platform, and it's a dumb ask. Obviously they will not allow that to the best of their abilities.
  - kybernetikos 4y ago
    That depends on what the purpose of the platform is, and since the owner had previously made a point of being keen on free speech, it's interesting that it's actually not being run in line with those ideals at all. We're now seeing that the carve outs from free speech include things that might reduce profit, and the reposting of public flight data.
    - proc0 4y ago
      Yeah but then no one believes in free speech. It was much worse before, and the people who are leaving Twitter were the ones (presumably) justifying that other censorship. My perspective is that at least now it's out in the open.
    - q1w2 4y ago
      The irony is that the people complaining about Elon's censorship were pro-censorship before his takeover.
      - torben-friis 4y ago
        Why? I am very much in favor of premarital sex, but if the Pope is seen tomorrow in an orgy I'll certainly point the hypocrisy.
  - LightHugger 4y ago
    youtube lets you advertise other video platforms and always has, what are you talking about?
    - proc0 4y ago
      What about this? https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/3364658?hl=en https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/3364658?hl=en
  - smoe 4y ago
    Plenty of Youtubers with millions of subscribers regularly advertise their content on other video platforms such as Nebula. Doesn't seem to be an issue.

by proc0 4y ago

akmarinov 4y ago

Help others do the same and take away as much traffic as possible away

bnt 4y ago
Why? Mastodon will never take off.
- yread 4y ago
  If Mastodon wasn't taking off they wouldn't have to block the links
  - rvz 4y ago
    Twitter did it before in the past [0] and Mastodon still didn't 'take off'. Today it is no different, and just like before in tech circles, this outrage will just subside as it is not the end of the world. Other than the techies getting emotional and screaming at Twitter, little to no one of the 200M+ people still using Twitter daily care to delete their account(s) and leave for something worse. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31607941 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31607941
proc0 4y ago
So they should facilitate losing their own users? And people think that it's somehow bad that they won't go along with it? I'm pretty sure YouTube won't let you advertise other video platforms in videos. It defeats the purpose of the platform, and it's a dumb ask. Obviously they will not allow that to the best of their abilities.
- kybernetikos 4y ago
  That depends on what the purpose of the platform is, and since the owner had previously made a point of being keen on free speech, it's interesting that it's actually not being run in line with those ideals at all. We're now seeing that the carve outs from free speech include things that might reduce profit, and the reposting of public flight data.
  - proc0 4y ago
    Yeah but then no one believes in free speech. It was much worse before, and the people who are leaving Twitter were the ones (presumably) justifying that other censorship. My perspective is that at least now it's out in the open.
  - q1w2 4y ago
    The irony is that the people complaining about Elon's censorship were pro-censorship before his takeover.
    - torben-friis 4y ago
      Why? I am very much in favor of premarital sex, but if the Pope is seen tomorrow in an orgy I'll certainly point the hypocrisy.
- LightHugger 4y ago
  youtube lets you advertise other video platforms and always has, what are you talking about?
  - proc0 4y ago
    What about this? https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/3364658?hl=en https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/3364658?hl=en
- smoe 4y ago
  Plenty of Youtubers with millions of subscribers regularly advertise their content on other video platforms such as Nebula. Doesn't seem to be an issue.