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Jesse SkinnerBoost this toot if you're planning on sticking around Mastodon whether or not it becomes more popular than the birdsite.
Rich Lafferty 🐀@JesseSkinner how can i not stick around a place where one can boost a toot
Curtis Bathurst@mendel @JesseSkinner We now live in this world, and I will boost your toots as any brother should.
Rick Lehane@JesseSkinner I announced some news earlier both here and on the birdplace. It seems the post here had much better visibility to people who follow me and over there the algorithm buried it. So I’m going over there occasionally for breaking news and staying here to interact and engage with an actual community.
Dee RUDDOCK (she / her)@JesseSkinner @ricklehane I like this approach 😊
Lizzie Speaks Too Soon
bacigalupe@JesseSkinner @ricklehane divorcing from twitter while moving to another neighborhood does need time 
richardemepham
Katerina Marchán@JesseSkinner I've been here since 2017, so...
⛧⛧⛧J.d.B.⛧⛧⛧@zkat @JesseSkinner I either run my own server or I do not use any social media.
smells of bikes@JesseSkinner I've been here 4 years so far. I hope it keeps going.
Niko 🎮 🎧 📚@JesseSkinner I don't care whether or not this becomes more popular, I have deleted my account from the birdsite so I'm pretty sure I won't return there.
Ngati Pakeha Kuia@JesseSkinner I love the lack of conflict, trolling and verbal abuse. It’s adult conversation. Such a change.
Wojtek Cichoń@JesseSkinner I'm here since 2016 and I'm glad that a lot of new faces are joining 😺
Johannes 
@JesseSkinner I’m sticking around, but I’m not participating in “boost this toot” growth hacks ;)
@jkbecker haha fair enough! I'm not trying to grow, just wanted to celebrate finding a new home 😊
*The* Paul Brown
Elias Mårtenson@JesseSkinner @jkbecker I agree with @jkbecker but I'm mot boosting his post because he's clearly just looking for a growth hacks. 😁
Jokes aside, I've also been here for a few long time, and for a long time it's been the only social media I'm actually using. Whenever I end up reading a twitter thread, the replies that float to the surface seem to the the worst posts and the ones I absolutely do not want to see. I guess it drives engagement though.
@jkbecker @JesseSkinner I knew you were a growth hacker. How could I not boost a frog?
Doctor😷G 🇵🇹🇺🇸@JesseSkinner Total Facebook move - "Repost me!!!"
Attention-seeking. Not appropriate here.
@dr_g_e_e I hesitated to post this for that reason, definitely not something I've done before or would do again. Not looking for attention, just excited about Mastodon.
@JesseSkinner Reminiscent of the first scene of the classic King Kong film - two men discussing the wild plans of the film director. A: "Is that guy crazy?" B: "Naah - merely enthusiastic."
Nyoelle@JesseSkinner Definitely, I mean, the fact that later down the line, if I wanted, I could self-host an instance (And I might once I do have the f u n d s), is hella wonderful thing.
Feisty Snacks@JesseSkinner I'll just stick to both , then i'm good either way. :3
Anna Nicholson@JesseSkinner @Bdellar Actually, no
I am planning on sticking around (and will be deleting my birdsite account very soon)
But saying ‘boost if you X’ just feels like a holdover of birdsite-like behaviour, and an attempt to ‘go viral’ for the sake of it
(I have to admit that I boosted at first before realising I was being sucked into old patterns of behaviour. I don’t want to do that any more)
Barney Dellar (he/him)@transponderings @JesseSkinner huh. Yup, I think you’re right.
@transponderings
@Bdellar agreed, not something I will be doing again! Just excited to have found a new home. 😊
@Bdellar agreed, not something I will be doing again! Just excited to have found a new home. 😊
Leon Derczynski 🏔️✍🏻🌲☀️@transponderings @JesseSkinner @Bdellar not convinced birdsite was the origin of/gets to own this behaviour, it used to be found in fax machines often enough!
Infrapink (he/his/him)@transponderings @JesseSkinner @Bdellar using the favourite feature for this is better. It gives you the ability to show that you like it, but it doesn't spread it unnecessarily.
I've never really used twitter, but it appears that the boosting over there affects the algorithm since people outside your network may see the message. That would explain why people want it, because it increases the chance of a message going viral.
The boost feature on the Fediverse is much simpler. It simply shares the post with your followers. Nothing more, and nothing less. If that's what you want to do, then boost it. If you don't feel you want to bother your followers with it, then didn't boost it.
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Jacob White@JesseSkinner I would have preferred Cohost slightly, but birdsite's too easy to doomscroll on I'm not going back
geist@JesseSkinner I think I will. I like it here.
All masks must fall [Imani/Dax] 
@JesseSkinner it's never going to be more popular then Twitter.
Ruby Sinreich
Jason Imison@JesseSkinner deleted my Twitter account yesterday with 2000 followers. It felt a little strange at first but now it feels like a burden has been lifted.
ZZ Bottom
Iain@JesseSkinner I kinda hope it doesn't... I like it like this
Ilsa 🍁 ✅@JesseSkinner Birdsite? What birdsite? I don't know this Birdsite that you speak of.
🤙🏽@ilsa @JesseSkinner
It's a site for birds. But we all know #BirdsAreNotReal, so that site is probably a scam.
It's a site for birds. But we all know #BirdsAreNotReal, so that site is probably a scam.
grin@JesseSkinner Also send it to 7 of your friends by email and a huge fortune will come to you! Napoleon have not sent it and died. Jesus haven't even boosted it and they nailed him. Rotschild have boosted and sent them all and see what have he become.
#YesPleaseTellMeWhatToDoIAmARobot
#YesPleaseTellMeWhatToDoIAmARobot
@grin that's right! Also, 7 minutes of bad luck for every new tweet on the birdsite!
@JesseSkinner indeed. My point was, however, that if someone asks me to boost a random post for the sake of boosting I hardly ever comply. 🤠
@grin yep, same for me.
litherland@JesseSkinner I think I’ll stick around, yes. It’s better for my brain.
f00f/eris/continuum/etc@JesseSkinner IMO the only way the fediverse could become bigger than twttr is if it shuts down completely within six months. Besides, it's not supposed to be twttr, it's supposed to be a different kind of social network based in FOSS ideals.
WeissbrotDE :verified:I’m sticking around Fediverse but not Mastodon.
@WeissbrotDE yeah I should have written "Mastodon and the Fediverse".
Andy Claremont@JesseSkinner I feel gamed but I’ll allow it 👀
Kevin Roberts@JesseSkinner yep - I am still yet to find a troll / keyboard warrior that seem to be par for the course on the other place!
Delta Sierra@JesseSkinner I've had more positive social interactions on Mastodon over the past few weeks than I've had on Twitter over the past YEAR.
Yeah, I'm sticking around!
Robotbeat@JesseSkinner I actually like rocket man (tho he can be an a-hole) and Twitter. Actually, I both love and hate Twitter. It’s a toxic relationship. A toxic site that the world would probably be better without. I won’t leave it totally because I’m addicted, but I will take breaks.
RugbyKino 🏉
Jennifer (JJ) Minella@JesseSkinner
Boot-tootin boogie?
Boot-tootin boogie?
Comfortably Numb@JesseSkinner I thought I escaped "RETWEET IF YOU AGREE" when I left the birb site 😅
semibad@JesseSkinner I mean as long as folk don’t start doing this “boost this if x” then absolutely 