When I left Twitter for Mastodon, so many people told me I was making a mistake and Mastodon was dead.
It was a difficult decision to switch because I had been on Twitter for 13 years, and I had accumulated over 16,000 followers.
But here we are, two and a half years later, and I am now followed by 17,000 here on Mastodon.
It is such an important milestone for me, because it proves that while the majority will often chose continuity over change, change often wins.
The future is federated!
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100% agree. Thank you for shifting!
I'm very disappointed that so few journalists, governments and influencers bothered to rebuild their social network on safe sites like Mastodon.
After Musk's takeover, they could easily have led their audiences away from the flaming hellsite. Instead, they stuck with their audience and normalised the unacceptable.
When the history books are written about the destruction of 20th C liberal democracy, social media will have a big part.
@TCatInReality one explanation could be, Mastodon is very international.
That is absolutely great, but for a politician from Denmark's perspective, she takes one look in here and thinks, these are not my potential voters.
@randahl @TCatInReality People have built up an audience (followers) over time on #Twitter / #X but what about engagement? People have been leaving. Are the followers still active there? What about the quality of engagement?
Stats would be interesting.
@TimFinnerty @randahl @TCatInReality
Personal testimony -
My followers number is basically unchanged, but
Views have dropped 90%
There’s only ONE reason I’ve not deleted my X account - the Dem Party (Fed & State) & politicians. If Dems wont stop posting on X, they MUST choose another social site to congregate & tell us where, & use tech to post simultaneously on other sites.
STOP endorsing a monopoly. Now b4 midterms.
Randahl Fink
TC Won't Give In To Lies
Tim Finnerty
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