Dan GillmorDear journalists: Twitter is now the platform of choice for right-wing extremists -- a platform where they are welcomed, promoted, and even in some cases paid by Musk's site.
Why, when there are real alternatives, is it still your site?
Jay 🆘@dangillmor I think, sadly, when it comes to reach, there is no real alternative to Twitter.
There are some cases of Mastodon posts getting more engagement per follower than on Twitter, but I don’t know whether that’s the rule or the exception.
@jsit I have half the followers on Mastodon that I had (in theory still have) on Twitter, but I've had ~10 times the engagement here.
Adding: And it's high-quality engagement, boosts, real conversations, and very little trolling (so far).
Helchose@dangillmor @jsit I've seen a lot of people say that.
Engagement on Threads was great for the first couple days, but it's since dropped off a cliff just like Facebook.
Bernie The Wordsmith@Helchose @dangillmor @jsit Agree here. The difference in engagement is abysmal. The absence of algorithm