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.
@ardouglass then good for you.
AS LONG AS you're not also criticising people who are still on Twitter - because they require a platform that does deliver those options - for staying there.
As I make clear multiple times in the replies. I'm not criticising. It's a valid design choice.
I'm simply saying that those who wish to castigate creators for not migrating and closing Twitter accounts need to accept there's a reason why Mastodon doesn't fill the same gap for them.
@garius
Mastodon people: our network is great, we designed it to minimise interactions and virality.
People who need to maximise interactions and virality: uhhhh... That's sounds not great.
MP: you're a bad person!
P: ...
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