A polite reminder to people on here who like to proclaim:
"At this point if you're still on Twitter you are [some variant of horrible person]"
If you are a small creator - artist, writer, whatever - then right now Mastodon DOES NOT deliver equivalent reach-based income. People do not tip as much and the lack of QT significantly damages creator reach.
Being able to forsake income is a privilege. Your options are not someone else's options. Please be open-minded to that.
At some point soon, time allowing, I want to write something about the differences between creator reach, interactions and revenue on Twitter Vs Mastodon. I'm aware that as a digital strategist AND ALSO a creator with a platform on both I am relatively uniquely placed to do so.
But trust me, the spaces are not equivalent. Perfectly valid design decisions here do have negative impacts as a small creator dependent on reach.
There are absolutely ways that Mastodon could correct this. The biggest being:
1) Supporting, rather than being hostile to, threading
2) OPT IN for "I will let my quotes be tweeted"
Both would have a SIGNIFICANT positive impact for small creators.
There are also perfectly valid community reasons not to do both. But if, as a federated platform, it decides that's not in its best interest than it needs to be acknowledged that it's also a choice not to make Mastodon small creator revenue friendly
While it DOESN'T support those things though, which is a conscious platform choice, do try to remember that the opportunity for your favourite creator - artist, writer, maker, whatever - to switch to here as their primarily presence are limited.
And for it to be their ONLY presence simply isn't viable, for most.
I appreciate this isn't a thing people are openly saying. I appreciate I am a "first wave" Twitter exile here.
But I like to think my behaviour and posting here has shown how much I've enjoyed and embraced this platform.
And part of that is wanting to see others like me, but more reliant on marginal creator income, find a home here too.
And that's just not possible for so many small creators on Twitter I love right now, who would make Mastodon sing even more than it does already.
@mxfraud no. i didn't.
I described myself as a "first wave" Twitter exile.
As in when Musk started Musking.
Indeed if you pop over to Twitter from that time, you'll see I wrote the viral post there about why it was important creators consider moving and some ways to maintain a dual presence while being considerate of the community as it already existed.
So whatever 'gotcha' you think your comment represents. It isn't.
If you disagree with my points, just be open and say so.
@garius I mean, labeling your self first wave is just funny when there has been many waves before, just not due to a change that impacted you, hence it is your first wave.
I might disagree on the other points you make but I don't really care to discuss that, plus I'm not a small creator anyway.
I just found the first wave bit spicy
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