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Mike Masnick ✅One thing I'm still working through: what to post here vs. what to post on the other site, where I am still trying to engage. Don't want to just post the same stuff. And here especially don't want to just be talking about the fediverse (or worse, about the other site). So I'm still trying to figure out how to best be here.
J.R. Orci@mmasnick Cats. The answer is always cats.
Aris Teon@mmasnick just post whatever you like or nothing at all. Here you are free. You don't need to second guess yourself. Obviously, as long as you're respectful to others, but I'm sure you are.
@aristeon i was tempted to respond with an insult, just for the joke in response to your final line, but... I can't make myself do that.
Gustavo Turner@mmasnick post the same stuff I say. Let’s make going there obsolete
Mike Moreno@gustavoturner @mmasnick +1 to dual posting (for now). Wish I had a handy link for tools that enable cross posting, but they're out there.
S★m V★rm★@gustavoturner @mmasnick the only reason I’d go there is *because* ppl post different shit there
Will Smith@mmasnick I've been using the smaller scale over here to post more frequently and smaller stuff than I'd put on the other site. Big stuff gets both, but the people over here get more.
It's kind of like going back in time to the other site in 2009 over here.
PHolder 
@mmasnick That other site is, by virtue of the example set by the owner, just for penis jokes. Post those there, please, and give us all your other great stuff here in the fediverse! 🤗
Mark Scull @mmasnick Post the same stuff news articles, just not as a cross post 😀
@NotMark80 i definitely won't crosspost.
@mmasnick Don't know why but when I see cross posts it winds me up -like they're trying to force us back into Twitter lol
@NotMark80 i mean, my concern with them is that the sites are different, and just importing one to the other feels wrong.
Also, seems much more likely to not actually engage here.
tomcat@mmasnick @NotMark80 this is my issue with friends who do this generally… like I don’t want or expect to see the same post on FB, insta, twitter, Snapchat, etc. each has their own vibe and decorum. Thanks for starting this discussion as these two sites are sort of more similar than my other examples in terms of look and feel of the tool but totally different in terms of vibe and decorum.
jeSuisatire neindochohh ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ.. doing something completely different, like discussing with brands on brands.town?
https://brands.town/directory
#fediverse
@gurupanguji@mmasnick in my own specific case, the quality of engagement (defined as thoughtfulness, kindness and humane) is just much better here. even if the quantity is a lot less. while it's still an adjustment compared to the much more active twitter community, i find the vortex of "bad" feelings over there is too much.
ymmv as you likely derive more value and get far more quality of engagement compared to me.
p.s. been a long time follower and much less "engager." kudos to great work at techdirt
Andrew@mmasnick I agree with one of the comments here - post what you find interesting / is on your mind / you want to tell the world. If it is interesting you will het responses. If it isn’t you have still told the world what you are thinking. Which o think is a good thing.
Sarah@mmasnick I think it’s fine to post the same or similar stuff, but I do think with the ability to make longer posts here you might be able to expand on topics more. I don’t hate cross-posting either, but I don’t like it when it seems that’s an account does, meaning they don’t interact with people under their posts here. Then Mastodon seems like an afterthought. As long as you treat this as it’s own thing, I think whatever you choose to do is fine
Micah Warren@mmasnick A chunk of your followers in the other place are just hanging around looking to quote-dunk on people who REALLY DON"T GET 1A or section 230 - maybe this place you could cultivate a more nuanced edge-case-y discussion
Greg Glockner@mmasnick Thanks for limiting posts about "the bird site sux" or "fediverse rulez" - there's already too much of that on Mastodon.
Brian 🚵@mmasnick I am fine with the same stuff as I don't hit up the bird site anyway. I do agree though, content about something other than mastodon or the bird site would be a nice change of pace 😃
Sarah Fackrell
Ansel Halliburton@mmasnick I see you are bargaining ("still trying to engage" on the other site). Good news: you are almost to acceptance!
Simon Willison@mmasnick I post nice supportive things here, talk about #projects and share some of my #wildlifephotography
Slightly ashamed to admit that I mainly use the other place to post snarky comments while I watch everything burn
abenomicon@mmasnick post short excerpts of pre-release writing for feedback
lazyweb editing
sebastian büttrichsame here.
I m doing the experiment of
tooting what i really care about
vs
tweeting what i m supposed to care about
and so far, the experience is quite amazing.
I like that.
Denise Howell 
@mmasnick While here feels like "among friends" -- ergo more relaxed, chatty, snarky, casual, unfiltered posts -- that was there, then, too.
Amie StepanovichSo say we all?
RayneToday@mmasnick How do your two audiences differ? Should that make a difference in what to post and where?
Zee@mmasnick just be yourself- you’re doing fine ✌🏼🙂👍🏼
Waitman GobbleYou'll just wear-out people on both sides so eventually people pick sides.
Obviously you want them to come to your site and pay.
Obviously you want them to come to your site and pay.
William Gunn@mmasnick I personally don't care about crossposts. I mean, you already did the work, might as well get as much mileage as possible from it. That said, I find that terrible puns work well. Engagement not enragement!
blobert@mmasnick same stuff but with veiled references to elephants.
@mmasnick
- we, and Mastodon, will likely grow into each other, and discover what we mean to each other over time. Likely best to just be authentic, and let time do the rest?
- I find myself mostly inclined to performative, “branding” type posting everywhere else, whereas for some reason I can’t explain I feel like it only makes sense to be myself on here. Maybe because I’m joining along with everyone else, where I was late to all the other platforms
- we, and Mastodon, will likely grow into each other, and discover what we mean to each other over time. Likely best to just be authentic, and let time do the rest?
- I find myself mostly inclined to performative, “branding” type posting everywhere else, whereas for some reason I can’t explain I feel like it only makes sense to be myself on here. Maybe because I’m joining along with everyone else, where I was late to all the other platforms
@mmasnick
but you know what, follow up thought:
on July 4th just past my band was to be the entertainment at the end of the parade route in Highland Park, IL. As I was looking for parking I got a text message from a band mate that just said “active shooter”.
The next thing I did after putting the car in park and looking around at the families running was fire up the Bird app to find out wtf was happening
Shorewalker@mmasnick One solution: Just post the same stuff and don't feel guilty. What are we going to do: sit around all day and wonder whether each little message feels more like a bird or an elephant?
@mmasnick ello ello, This is my 1st post, I decided to come here after reading some of your tweets so if this place ends up draining my meager will-to-live reserves, I'll be screaming your name on my way to hell! Cats, you can't go wrong with cats, or tardigrades.