Tim MakJul 22, 2023

Are you finding Mastodon to be less vibrant/active?

I’m worried that we are not getting as much engagement on our Ukraine war reporting as we used to.

We’re trying to decide which social media platforms to continue posting on, given how much effort it takes to replicate across all of them.

If you want to send a signal to us that we should keep posting here, will you sign up for our newsletter? http://Counteroffensive.substack.com

I’m only asking Mastodon users today so we can gauge impact.

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Show threadTim MakJul 22, 2023
Have some of you tried Threads? What do you think is the advantage or disadvantage of that over mastodon?
Show threadBill, organizer of stuff
@timkmak It's owned by Mark Zuckerberg. That alone means I will never use it.
Jul 22, 2023 at 1:31pmWeb
Show threadannie grayJul 22, 2023
@wcbdata @timkmak
Ditto.
Show threadBlaster1360Jul 22, 2023

@wcbdata @timkmak

After learning how much Facebook personally screwed me over by selling off my data to third parties, which resulting in me and my partner getting harassed on Twitter and such by some low-life scumbag, I'm never touching anything Fuckerberg owns either.

I've always known Meta has always been scummy in that regard, but now it's personal.

Show threadRufus J. CooterJul 22, 2023

@wcbdata @timkmak I like to think that I'm relatively open-minded, but if a social media site's MO is, "Nazis can say and do whatever they please, and we'll ban you if you object to that"...

Well, that's a hard no from me, dawg