christina bNov 17, 2022

hi wonderful people

i know a lot of folks are detoxifying and the birdsite incentives sometimes made it seem like only posting your own stuff was wise. Maybe never boosting others over there made sense.

It's different here. Here, #PeopleAreTheAlgorithm

Which means, if you interact with me, and I look at your profile and it's full of yourself. Well...kinda speaks for itself.

Boosting others here helps re-knitting lost and creating new networks of care. Be generous and share your discoveries.

Show threadLex Starwalker 🚀
@christina That's an interesting take. I think I'm the opposite. If I look at a profile and it's a lot of boosts/retweets, I tend to be less likely to follow. I follow someone because I'm interested in what they have to say. On Twitter I disabled retweets on many accounts I followed.
Nov 17, 2022 at 11:30pmWeb
Show threadchristina bNov 17, 2022

@lexstarwalker
yeah, this is a needed balance i've heard in a few comments.

I do wish I'd constrained it to 'needed *now*' because of the rapid phase shift happening as networks are torn and re-formed. Helping people find their people *now* is critical, and diff than in a few months / years.

I also think that following creators and following curators you like are different decisions.

It's so funny that this has taken off like this! The need to boost or not to boost is always contextual.