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The evidence for this is https://www.caseywatts.com/blog/welcome-to-mastodon/ https://www.caseywatts.com/blog/welcome-to-mastodon/ which is completely vacuous:
by gwern 4y ago
The evidence for this is https://www.caseywatts.com/blog/welcome-to-mastodon/ https://www.caseywatts.com/blog/welcome-to-mastodon/ which is completely vacuous: a single person for an unspecified period measuring unspecified 'engagement' with a round number and no mention of how many followers cannibalized from Twitter or how a migration produces tons of fodder for discussion (eg the entire post is an advertisement/explainer for Mastodon) or about the general decline in Mastodon traffic post-exodus bump. Maybe establish that there is anything there before trying to explain as the will of the omnipotent Algorithm...
- fl0ps 4y agoUsually my validation for ignoring such things is when it's accompanied by "forget Twitter, move here". For someone supposedly worried about engagement to suggest not using absolutely every major traffic source (no matter the numbers) suggests underlying bias.
- lapcat 4y ago> The evidence for this is https://www.caseywatts.com/blog/welcome-to-mastodon/ https://www.caseywatts.com/blog/welcome-to-mastodon/ which is completely vacuous: a single person No, that's just one piece of evidence. This is also my experience as a Mastodon user, as well as the experience of many other Mastodons users I've heard. As the submitted post says "A RECURRING COMMENT [emphasis mine] from people who post stuff on the internet and give Mastodon/fediverse a try is the (high) engagement and reach they get there."
- heycaseywattsup 4y agoI dare you... to try Mastodon yourself :)