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🌳 🐝 Wendy 🌍💚@claesdevreese @academicchatter do you think it's because there is less competition/followers on Mastodon, or because there is no algorithm, which consequentially/naturally emphasizes good posts, in stead of posts that cause outrage?
Dr. Alexandre Santerne 🌍@wendyhk @claesdevreese @academicchatter on Twitter folks are relying on the algorithm. Their TL is mainly controlled by the AI. Unpaid users are shadow banned.
Here, folks are relying on other people boosts. By construction, there should be more engagements here.
Also, there isn’t commercial posts every couple toots here.
Anne Carpenter@claesdevreese @wendyhk @academicchatter @AlexSanterne I suspect a lot of accounts on Twitter are dormant (if not bots). I find much LESS activity on my posts here, but I had a large following on Twitter so I suspect the algorithm is the root cause of our disparity. I don’t mind, though! Happy to make that small sacrifice to no longer support a for profit tool that can be manipulated by bad actors.
@DrAnneCarpenter @wendyhk @academicchatter @AlexSanterne All of the above. And: Mastodon users are active and supportive. Less passive audience.
Egg@claesdevreese @DrAnneCarpenter @academicchatter @AlexSanterne I hope it keeps up. I have burned out on so many platforms because I feel I’m one of like ten users who want actual conversation. Don’t get me wrong, I can’t avoid the occasional funny reply if it fits. But I enjoy seeing real talk coming to #mastodon as well.
@DrAnneCarpenter @claesdevreese @wendyhk @academicchatter I agree on that too. I think roughly 10-20% (at most) of the Twitter users shall be daily active.
Something else to add to the equation is the lifetime of a tweet, which is about 5-10 minutes. If no one RT within that time, it’s likely dead.
On here, toots have a much longer lifetime (for now), several hours from my experience.
John Samuel@AlexSanterne @DrAnneCarpenter @claesdevreese @wendyhk @academicchatter I also think that for most people, the timeline is generated by algorithms by default on the birdsite. I had to manually click to switch to the chronological timeline to see some recent posts.
However, given the chronological nature of the Mastodon Timeline, there are higher chances that your posts are actually seen. That probably explains your numbers.
@jsamwrites @AlexSanterne @DrAnneCarpenter @claesdevreese @academicchatter I also think that with the more limited content, more of it is digested. Versus the massive scrolling that is other platforms. Quality takes time, quantity is quick.