Dan GillmorOct 10, 2023

I posted this on the deadbird site:

"Standing offer for journalists: I'll help you get set up on Mastodon and will help you bring your Twitter audience along (and find new followers and rich engagement there). All I ask is that you migrate -- over time, not instantly -- your social media activity there."

Show threadEric R. DantonOct 10, 2023
@dangillmor I’ve migrated 99 percent of my activity to here and to Bluesky, but I’d love help bringing followers along
Show threadRaccoon🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈Oct 12, 2023
@erdanton @dangillmor
You can help by posting on Twitter about it, maybe even asking the people you interact with to come here, and offering to help anyone who asks get set up.
Show threadEric R. Danton
@Raccoon @dangillmor Thanks! I have posted about it and suggested that people come here, though it hadn't occurred to me to offer to help them get set up.
Oct 16, 2023 at 7:11amWeb
Show threadRaccoon🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈Oct 16, 2023
@erdanton @dangillmor
Two of the top reasons people give for not joining or sticking with Mastodon are worry that they won't be able to rebuild a network/following here, and a feeling of "emptiness" when they get here and see an empty feed and get no replies. Being a first follower, welcoming them to the site, and explaining to them how feeds are populated (and thus how to populate their feeds and be seen) seems to be helpful with those two issues.