Thinking more people are going to engage with you on mainstream social media “because everyone’s there” is like thinking people at a stadium concert are there to listen to you. It‘s only true if you’re one of the ones on stage. Not so much when you’re huddled in the nosebleeds.

Forget the numbers. Forget about “going viral” (leave it to the psychopaths in Silicon Valley to make virus-like behaviour aspirational). Embrace the joy of interacting with one another on a human scale.

#ThinkSmall

@aral Agreed. I've had more valuable conversations and interaction here in a couple of months than I had over years at the birdsite.
@gozzy @aral It's surprising that a website with similar features supports more interactions than the other. (also speaking from my personal experience)