Mastodon audiences vs Twitter audiences in a nutshell.
My audience is mostly from the Asian continent (primarily India) on Twitter. On Mastodon, it's dominated by the Western world in comparison.
This is the main reason why I currently don't feel comfortable leaving Twitter entirely - it effectively abandons half of the world's population.
because I could only have four poll options to encompass the entire world, and people generally consider Australia/NZ (most of Oceania) to be "Western"
I find it doubtful that the BJP IT cells would send its people to follow and support me when I spend much of my time re India speaking out against them.
@szhang_ds Yes, this. Although EM is clearly dismissive of the global user base, this is the most important thing at risk.
See also the stories about China shutting down local use related to protests, and you can see that #Twitter is not going to be a viable option for that half of the world for much longer.
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