Jim KillockJan 28, 2023

The engagement for @openrightsgroup on #mastodon is still several time greater than #Twitter for better or worse. Today’s #DataPrivacyDay video is on 188 bosts and 90 likes here:

https://social.openrightsgroup.org/@openrightsgroup/109766462447880199

and just 29 RTs and 39 likes over on #birdsite https://twitter.com/OpenRightsGroup/status/1619283834830192641

Open Rights Group (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 video You wouldn't spy on everyone's private messages. Unless you're the UK government. Stop the Online Safety Bill. Stop the scan. #DataPrivacyDay

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Show threadJim KillockJan 28, 2023

@openrightsgroup Of course, ORG is going to be an outlier; the techaware audience is much more present on Mastodon. But we might well have expected a significant drop in engagement, or a flow back to Twitter, after Chrstmas, especially as #elonmusk is quieter.

This doesn’t seem to be the case, however. People are sticking around, at least in our community.

But even for us there are some problems …

Show threadJim Killock

@openrightsgroup Specifically, it is harder for us to reach politicians, who are still on #Twitter

Twitter’s algorithms promote content on the basis of engagement, which is lost for us.

That means a handful of very large accounts are talking to each other, but the public-political dialogue is now a lot harder.

Jan 28, 2023 at 6:27pmWeb
Show threadJim KillockJan 28, 2023
@openrightsgroup Yet another reason for regarding Twitter as a public space and demanding #interoperabilty of course. The silos need to be broken down!
Show threadNemo_bis 🌈Jan 28, 2023
@jim This sounds a lot like what Facebook did to group and then pages about a decade ago, heavily restricting their exposure to force everyone to pay for promotion.