There is a tremendous about of denialism going on at Twitter. People refuse to admit that they're willfully enabling this right-wing takeover of the entire network by not even trying to leave. But that is what they are doing. All because they're too afraid their followers won't follow them elsewhere. It's a silly fear. No one needs those huge numbers anyway, and most picked up very substantial followings here in a matter of days.

@shoq

I had 10X + the number of followers there and 1/4 of the engagement.

Some here hasn't been positive, just blocked a mansplainer, for instance, but overall, I haven't even noticed a difference.

@JenWojcik @shoq why does everyone want so many followers? I’ve never understood that part. Unless, the need is for business purposes like selling art or something like that, is it just so that 5,000 people know what posters are thinking instead of just 500, or 50?

@TequilaMockingbird @shoq

It's a behavior gained at corporate sites. The more followers you had, the more exposure the algorithms gave your content. Simple as that.