Dragoncrown GamesNov 22, 2022

Trans rights are human rights.

Black lives matter.

No human is illegal.

Love is love.

Their body, their choice.

Science is real.

Kindness is everything.

P.S. If you started following me due to this post, PLEASE look at my profile and decide if it's for you.

Make sure general nerdiness, tabletop roleplay, and other related pursuits are the kind of content you want to see in your timeline.

Our values obviously align, but our interests/hobbies might not. No hard feelings if you unfollow. 😉

Show threadRabbit
@dragoncrown I do agree with these things, but I have an allergic reaction to any post that says “boost if you agree.”
Nov 22, 2022 at 10:07pmWeb
Show threadMorganNov 22, 2022
@Rabbit @dragoncrown same here, always reminds me of people on Tumblr trying to manipulate people into making number go up
Show threadDragoncrown GamesNov 22, 2022
@raphaelmorgan @Rabbit Good thing there's no numbers here to chase after an algorithm. This is merely for my own edification. 🙃
Show threadDragoncrown GamesNov 22, 2022

@Rabbit Fair, but this post is actually to satiate a curiosity of mine, not engagement.

One of my favorite things about this platform is that the engagement chase is not much if a thing here. 😁

Show threadMorganNov 22, 2022
@dragoncrown @Rabbit I mean, you could always do a poll 🤷
Show threadDragoncrown GamesNov 22, 2022

@raphaelmorgan @Rabbit Very true, but a poll requires less commitment.

A boost means a public endorsement of the message. That's what I'm really interested in seeing.

Show threadMorganNov 22, 2022
@dragoncrown @Rabbit I guess that's fair, but I publicly endorse these all the time with most of what I say and do, so I'm still not going to boost and subject my followers to "if you don't boost the Democrat yard sign that means you don't believe in basic human rights" (not trying to be rude, I just literally have seen p much this exact post as a Democrat yard sign) just so they can go through the same moral conundrum
Show threadDragoncrown GamesNov 22, 2022
@raphaelmorgan @Rabbit That's fair. Far be it from me to impose like that. This isn't the bird app. 😉
Show threadBrettNov 23, 2022

@dragoncrown @raphaelmorgan @Rabbit I'm more than willing to publicly endorse all those messages, but I suspect anyone who has spent too long on other forms of social media would see a "this is an experiment, please boost if..." as an exercise in increasing engagement metrics. I don't doubt that wasn't your intent, but that's how it can come across. For the record:

Trans rights are human rights.

Black lives matter.

No human is illegal.

Love is love.

Their body is their choice.

Science is real.

Kindness is (almost) everything.

Show threadMellifluenceNov 23, 2022
@raphaelmorgan @dragoncrown @Rabbit would a poll allow you to see the breakdown of numbers by instances?
Show threadDragoncrown GamesNov 23, 2022
@Mellifluence @raphaelmorgan @Rabbit Funny you say that because I've been wondering how I'm going to parse it all in a spreadsheet. 🤣
Show threadMellifluenceNov 23, 2022
@dragoncrown @raphaelmorgan @Rabbit maybe this is what you need https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/rtoot/rtoot.pdf
Show threadDragoncrown GamesNov 23, 2022
@Mellifluence Thanks!!
Show threadMorganNov 23, 2022
@Mellifluence @dragoncrown it wouldn't, but would this? like I guess he could go through the boost notifications one by one and count them but that sounds pretty exhausting
(plus, looking through the boosts would only show who *did*, not who ignored, so any differences could be accounted for by who actually saw the post)
the reason he gave me is fair though, polls don't require a commitment like boosting does
Show threadDragoncrown GamesNov 23, 2022

@raphaelmorgan @Mellifluence There is also another corollary I am paying attention to.

One of the things I really like about Mastodon is that its very design and lack of algorithm creates a friction that inherently prevents virality.

It would take a vast, concerted user effort for a message to spread. Especially from a small account. I am interested to see how far it goes.

Show threadRabbitNov 22, 2022
@dragoncrown sure thing, though particularly within a server, it can feel a bit like a purity test. What does it mean if someone doesn’t boost? Does who they are matter? What does it actually mean if they do?
Show threadDragoncrown GamesNov 22, 2022
@Rabbit It only means they didn't boost it. Speculating on the reasons behind why is not productive and I don't believe it to be indicative of the person.
Show threadRabbitNov 23, 2022
@dragoncrown that’s good.
Show threadLore Birdsong 🦄Nov 22, 2022
@Rabbit @dragoncrown this
Show threademNov 23, 2022
@Rabbit @dragoncrown I also struggle with this and probably won't boost again. It was a constant on the birdsite and didn't feel great.
Show threaddobesvNov 23, 2022
@Rabbit @dragoncrown or "please copy paste this message onto your timeline"...
Show threadvalakiNov 23, 2022
@Rabbit @dragoncrown
Agreed.
This often feels like "make my account famous, by any means"
Show threadMattNov 23, 2022
@Rabbit Yeah I'm not sure what the experiment is about - @dragoncrown was there something in particular you were thinking about? Is there a 'control' post somewhere? Sounds like an interesting idea would be good to know more about it.
Show threadMattias 🏴Nov 23, 2022
@Rabbit @dragoncrown Same tbh
Show threadLoukas (They/Them) 🏳️‍⚧️Nov 23, 2022
@mwigforss @Rabbit @dragoncrown same same
Show threadesaNov 23, 2022

@Rabbit @dragoncrown

It also reminds me of a certain kind of lawn sign in the US that is also seemingly popular with people who are anti-housing, to the point where people are putting up parody signs.

Show threadDeviant OllamNov 23, 2022
@Rabbit @dragoncrown that's why I drop a like instead of a boost sometimes. 🌟