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Patrick LaForgeAgain and again, I have to say, Mastodon has better engagement than Twitter, BlueSky, Threads, Facebook, Post.news or Reddit
jprestonian@palafo
I, too, find this true.
🥥 Tucker Carlson's Nuts 🥥@palafo 🥥 That's been my experience as well, Patrick. 🥥
costrike@palafo And better norms.
Nick Martin@palafo Absolutely. It's not even close.
Glenn Fleishman@nickmartin @palafo It's actually enjoyable to be here
Myk@palafo its amazing how civil something can be when you remove motivation for views/likes/retweets and advertising and just talk with people
Clive ThompsonYep, same here
Just MeI am definitely happy here. I don't get enraged. I don't have the adrenaline or dopamine hits from getting included or excluded. I don't feel as rushed to respond. I still respond quicker than I need to but there is a pressure missing I can't explain.
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Jared White (ResistanceNet ✊)@palafo Agreed. And I wasn't even having too disagreeable of a time pre-Musk purchase of Twitter, but now on this side of everything I'm definitely feeling much more upbeat and less flustered. Plus it feels great to support the open web and "indie" operators.
Ω 🌍 Gus Posey@palafo Also no Devil laughter.
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Megan Marie Hart@palafo It’s almost as if real humans produce a better human experience than bots or “influencers” trying to game algorythms … 🤯
Catweazle@palafo, naturally, it's not mainstream with mainstream people
lucas 🎺@palafo you have nearly 7,000 followers though. It’s kind of a different sphere
Bishop Whitewind@palafo I went from 2k to 300 and it's still better :')
Sibachian@B_Whitewind @palafo i think it matters to consider how many of those were actually useful. collecting followers on platforms that knock out your content through algorithms makes them largely like reddit upvotes; completely without substance.
Abraham Samma@palafo absolutely 💯 the quality of engagement here is unparalleled.
𝖓@palafo Honestly, I'm on a small instance, with not that many people following me and both on this account and my art only account (both having less followers than my equivalent accounts on twitter), and for the most part, it definitely holds true.
Maybe less favourites and retoots (yet, which is pretty much expected), but overall way more comments, feedbacks, discussions, etc.
And overall a waaaaay more pleasant time here.
Maybe less favourites and retoots (yet, which is pretty much expected), but overall way more comments, feedbacks, discussions, etc.
And overall a waaaaay more pleasant time here.
Mel Campbell@palafo you might define ‘engagement’ differently to me but I’ve noticed it’s much more normal to have polite and friendly conversations on Mastodon
I am new to Bluesky and have noticed it is the same as Twitter: if someone doesn’t know you they often ignore your reply
Here I feel more welcome to engage with posts by replying, and I will reply to people’s replies to me
Urethramancer🐀@palafo Threads isn't available in my country, Post I think is mobile only, BlueSky seems to need an invitation and the rest are circling the drain. Mastodon feels about right.
PierreLouys@palafo really doubt the Reddit part
EricMEagan@palafo i just dont get that here. Maybe I do not engage enough, but my posts are basically dead here.
Jason Walter 🇵🇸@EricMEagan @palafo It takes a little time. It was the same for me the first few months and gradually it’s picked up. Kind of like being the new kid in school, no one knows you but you slowly find your people and they find you.
Empire@palafo
Does not. I'm not even commenting on this post, pfft.
Does not. I'm not even commenting on this post, pfft.
Duncan@palafo totally.
I don't have particularly notable accounts on Twitter or Masto, but had more followers on Twitter than here. Similar engagement though, and usually higher quality.
Like there's no feeling of "oh God, what now?" with an unread notificaiton here.
Must admit I'd a long running interest in BlueSky but once I made the shift here I never followed up on getting an account - so can't compare to there.
@palafo i don't even understand how the algorithms are supposed to be used. i never even look at that type of content on any of the mentioned sites and go straight to where i was planning to go; which with the algorithms and ads, made it more cumbersome.
but i'm an old IT fancier, who still worship the likes of IRC and XMPP, etc. I only use mainstream social media to reach out to my mainstream hobbies like aquarium, poultry, and gardening since there is no such activity on FOSS networks.
stux⚡️@palafo happy times! 
Kerri LevineAgain and again I would agree with you.
Comm Radio Environment Network@palafo it does. But what it doesn’t yet have are all those tiny tendrils that link very small community groups and individuals. Here’s hoping that one day it will.
@palafo well twitter is just full of race hate that's allowed but yet you open your mouth to them then get banned for community standards
Sreedev Krishnakumar@palafo Yep, definitely! This has been my experience as well!
Edelruth, PBS Passport HolderI like you.
Wim@palafo maybe better engagement but definitely not more reach.