Murshed ZaheedNov 16, 2022

If you are crossposting your posts from Twitter and you are seeing this message - please consider this - please don't.

The crossposting from your #Twitter feed to Mastodon feels clunky and disruptive. It also indicates you are treating this community just as your broadcast platform for your takes and your brand. It's not a great look.

Please consider being PRESENT here in the community. Saying this with love. Thank you. #Fediverse

Show threadJB Emmons

@murshedz I must be the rare person who doesn't mind Twitter xposts on interesting topics from quality sources, at least when compared to not posting on here at all.

I like that crossposts allow me to keep up with sources & information I used to follow on the birdsite. But of course I'd much rather people xpost from here to Twitter, or just only post here.

Nov 16, 2022 at 7:19pmWeb
Show threadJB EmmonsNov 16, 2022

@murshedz My halfway-facetious ranking:

Alpha: posts interesting/newsworthy content to Mastodon, properly formatted for here, totally abandons Twitter

Sigma: mostly posts to Mastodon and/or xposts from here to Twitter, largely ignores birdsite

Beta: posts some Mastodon-specific content while still mostly posting on Twitter

Delta: only xposts from Twitter to Mastodon

Gamma: posts "I'm here just in case lol" on Mastodon, never posts again

Omega: opens Mastodon account, never logs in again

Show threadMurshed ZaheedNov 16, 2022
@IntlLawGnome This is a really good way to break it down - my sentiment was primarily geared for the Deltas here.
Show threadJB EmmonsNov 16, 2022
@murshedz Yeah, too many deltas IMO, though I'll take what I can get
Show threadStephen GowerNov 16, 2022

@murshedz @IntlLawGnome Glad you clarified this. I disagree about twitter crossposts - personally the part that's annoying is when people tag them as "from birdsite" and put them in a CW. The only time they're clunky is when quote tweets or retweets are shared; and you can turn that off if you like. And to be even more honest...when I saw someone boost this on my timeline, I felt a little insulted and that this was a bit of gatekeeping.

(BTW I would say I'm a "Sigma" on JB's list.)

Show threadOphelia, from TwitterNov 17, 2022
@srgower @murshedz @IntlLawGnome I don't like that either, but I was told to do that, and to follow the "customs" or Inwiuld end up muted and blocked without many followers orninteractions sooo... 😕 I try to do it for the people it must bother and such.
Show threadStephen GowerNov 17, 2022
@OpheliaBelladonna @murshedz @IntlLawGnome see that's the kind of pressure and gatekeeping I mean. Anyway, from my experience, if it a a straight-up crosspost using a website that links both accounts, you cannot tell what is a tweet and what is a toot. It's only when it's a retweet or quote tweet when it stands out with "RT" in front of it.
Show threadCoach Pāṇini ®Nov 16, 2022
@murshedz @IntlLawGnome I’m at Sigma rn
Show threadGeoff BeggsNov 16, 2022
@IntlLawGnome @murshedz
Good summary. I think I’m somewhere around high Sigma.
But, is there some secret to the ordering of letters between alpha and omega that I missed? 🙂
Show threadJB EmmonsNov 16, 2022
@GeoffBeggs I mostly chose the order as a mockery of the 2010s-era misogynist jerks who use this ranking to describe male personality types. (Some people have a very circumscribed concept of masculinity.) I don't know Greek, but I suspect this particular ordering has no real significance at all in that alphabet!
Show threadGeoff BeggsNov 17, 2022
@IntlLawGnome exactly what I thought.
Show threadEve JonesNov 16, 2022
@IntlLawGnome @murshedz I want to say I identify as Alpha but I haven't completely quit birdworld. Does that make me Sigma+ or Alpha-? 🤷🏼‍♀️
Show threadJB EmmonsNov 16, 2022
@eve_eats_apples My highly arbitrary read:
If you kept a Twitter account just so no one else would get it and impersonate you: Alpha-
If you still post there but only rarely: Sigma+
Show threadEve JonesNov 17, 2022
@IntlLawGnome yes gotcha, I'm a little bit of both but leaning towards Alpha-, not that anyone would find me a good candidate for impersonating
Show thread#SCIENCEMATTERSNov 17, 2022
@IntlLawGnome @murshedz this but identified as Friends characters... GO!
Show threadErik HarrisNov 18, 2022

@IntlLawGnome @murshedz I like this ranking, but I suspect it misses many users. I'm not *very* active on either site, but I use both a similar amount, somewhere between Σ and β, but not fitting either category.

I also probably reply more than I post on either site, which isn't really relevant to the question of cross-posting.