Mike Masnick ✅Feb 8, 2023

More strange Mastodon reporting. This time from @thurrott, who claims "I’ve been using Mastodon since December, but the interaction there is almost non-existent compared to Twitter."

Dude, you follow 22 people. Try following more people. The "non-existent" interaction is *up to you*.

I've found WAY MORE interactions and engagement here than I ever had on Twitter. Plus fewer death threats.

https://www.thurrott.com/cloud/social/279094/mastodon-continues-to-lose-users

Mastodon Continues to Lose Users

Usage of Mastodon has dwindled over the past two months, with monthly active users plummeting to less than 1.4 million after hitting a peak of 2.5 million in December.

Thurrott.com
Show threadwhetstoneFeb 8, 2023
@mmasnick Definitely more interaction here, and it’s a lively place! It does feel like some people who are “good at” Twitter are not “good at” Mastodon and perceive that as a defect in the latter platform.
Show threadCameron PalmerFeb 8, 2023

@whetstone @mmasnick it is about the timeline. The timeline being strictly linear, lacking quote retweets, and threads are basic functional issues. The lack of algorithmic timeline support being the biggest failing. Not everyone wants to curate dozens of Follows, in fact, I'll go out on a limb and say, most people don't and won't do that.

Mastodon could have both the linear and algorithmic timelines presented and be a better Twitter while maintaining a better overall vibe.

Show threadHughster

@palmerc @whetstone @mmasnick Agreed. The most engaging feed for me isn't the Home feed but the "Explore > Posts" feed that lists all the most popular posts from the last day or so.

Why can't the Home feed have an option to be displayed in the same way, so you can see all the most popular posts from people you follow?

Feb 8, 2023 at 11:33amWeb
Show thread@pineywoozle ‘s #3WordNoteFeb 8, 2023
@hughster @palmerc @whetstone @mmasnick That would be lovely. That said I quite prefer #Mastodon over #Twitter .
Show threadAriaflameFeb 8, 2023
@hughster @palmerc @whetstone @mmasnick Well, if you turn on the advanced interface and pin either your local timeline or federated timeline you'll see things whiz by.