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 threadScott Tribe - Proud Ketchup Chip NationalistJul 22, 2023
@timkmak If it hasn't been mentioned already, Mastodon is much more tag-dependent on finding topics or posts.. so if you're writing on Ukraine, putting a #Ukraine tag on at the end or in the post somewhere will help matters.
Show threadTim MakJul 22, 2023

@stribeprogblog it can take twenty minutes just to copy and paste a long thread into each social media platform. An hour to write the thread.

Adding tags would substantially increase our daily effort. And would the juice be worth the squeeze?

Show threadScott Tribe - Proud Ketchup Chip NationalistJul 22, 2023

@timkmak
typing in a #Ukraine tag in your posts takes what, 10 seconds, if that?

Edit: If you start typing in the Ukraine tag, you'll see how often it gets used. on my particular mastodon server, it gets used or seen 6K/week, if I take what that means. On other higher used Mastodon servers. it may be higher then that.

Show threadDr. Exmaahal
@stribeprogblog @timkmak
You can use the same tags on the first post in all your threads, they don't necessarily have to be customised every day.
Jul 22, 2023 at 1:37pmWeb