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).
Kevan@dangillmor @Em0nM4stodon @jsit When I first started Mastodon in November of last year it was great. It still is, but I'm not on as much. I still like it more than Twitter, which I hardly use now. But the hype might be dying down a bit I think.