Asbjørn UlsbergJul 26, 2023

I wonder what the correlation is between:

1. Twitter being the first social network people have made their home, and;
2. How hard it is for them to leave Twitter.

Having been on numerous social platforms since the BBS’s of the late 1980’s and early 1990’s, through USENET and various online forums, leaving Twitter was easy. But it pains me to see how hard it is for so many others to leave, and I wonder why that is.

Boosts appreciated!

#Twitter #TwitterMigration #Online #Home #BoostPlease #SocialMedia #Forum #Usenet #BBS

Twitter was my 1st home; I can’t let it go
4%
Twitter was my 1st home; leaving was easy
11.9%
Twitter is just one of many; leaving is still hard
30.6%
Twitter is just one of many; leaving was easy
53.6%
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Show threadNino KadicJul 26, 2023
@bitbear It's mainly because I have 3000 followers there, but also because it's still a major and recognisable network where I can find lots of people and have a larger audience. That's why I'm hoping for one of the alternatives to become big, though personally I enjoy using Mastodon the most.
Show threadAsbjørn Ulsberg

@nino I have 1600 followers on Twitter, so I get you. It’s difficult leaving all of those connections behind. But as I wrote to @asthargf; Mastodon fills the gap left by Twitter sufficiently for me, even with ⅓ of the followers.

https://icosahedron.website/@bitbear/110779891228224380

Asbjørn Ulsberg (@[email protected])

@[email protected] I have a similar relationship with Twitter, but feel like Mastodon fills that gap sufficiently. Perhaps I’m just lucky with the people I follow on Twitter also having migrated?

Icosahedron
Jul 26, 2023 at 10:26amWeb
Show threadNino KadicJul 26, 2023
@bitbear @asthargf Absolutely more engagement per follower, miles ahead of Twitter in that respect. Still, like I said, doesn't feel like a major platform yet.
Show threadAsbjørn UlsbergJul 26, 2023

@nino @asthargf Indeed, it isn’t. But I believe it has the potential to be.

Even more so than Twitter, by Mastodon being built on an open standard (just like the web), being open source software, and being decentralised.

Twitter had none of these qualities and still succeeded. Fingers crossed that Mastodon (or at least the Fediverse) can reach the same potential! 🤞🏼

Show threadNino KadicJul 26, 2023
@bitbear @asthargf I hope so too, but FOSS stuff from my experience tends to fare worse than proprietary alternatives. I'm not optimistic. On the bright side, though, maybe Threads and BlueSky adding a bridge to the Fediverse will help make it more popular.