While I like the scientific chat on Mastodon, I am missing the mix of that, and current events, and just random stuff that Twitter used to provide (before a billionaire moron took over) on here.
That does not mean I am leaving, but engagement will be lower than it was on Twitter. Perhaps that is not a bad thing.
@wvschaik you're right. In fact makes me think, now that twitter is properly spiralling, I might as well start posting more random things on here. As you say make it more fun.
My personal experience is that general engagement is actually good here. Just would like if there was more academic discussions on here too, but that's not for everyone I guess.
@wvschaik so yes, I agree, this is less good here for now, but there are a few ways round. Searching #spain for example dug up quite a few opinions. Along way I've found good journalists on here too, @fulelo a good eg. And also @NewsDesk is a reliable source of news content
https://flipboard.social/@NewsDesk/110765618846685923
Overall, not claiming it's perfect at all here, but there's also a strange surfacing of good accounts over time, I've found. Must be something to do with Federated setup that I still don't truly get.
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