@rolle it’s hard to get traction if you never wanna talk to anyone, have nothing to say, don’t interact and/or generally don’t want to put in even the most minimal amount of effort towards making your feed yours. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

It can’t be too much to ask from a user to actually think what they want to see? There’s no benefit in fostering a social media culture that is based on mindless browsing—that’s the shit that’s wrong in this world. People should be forced to think from time to time if we want a society that doesn’t become mostly about everyone smelling their own farts and trying to pass those around as perfume.

@rolle I get more interactions/"engagement" on Mastodon than I ever did anywhere else.

I think what some folks might not get is that the greasy growth-hacking strategies that worked on Meta/X/etc don't work here. My impression is that fediverse folks value authenticity more so than on other platforms, and don't take kindly to tactics that are clearly more about making numbers go up than actually sharing anything that matters.

And that's fine. I don't want those people here.

@rolle yes! My standard line is that if you aren't following at least 200ppl then you haven't set up your presence yet.

I suppose some think their mere presence will have people tripping over themselves to reach out to them.

@rolle I regularly get more engagement with my posts than big fedi accounts with 2X to 5X my follower count…simply because I actually personally converse with people and their accounts are no better than RSS feeds.

People on fedi know who's legit. That's what I love about it. 🥰

@rolle

Who to follow though...I remember when Facebook first started (yes I'm that old) I followed just whoever and any familiar name I could find. Then I had to weed most of them back out over time.

@rolle The reason why appreciate your approach to Fediverse is exactly you being a polyglot.

I am on your server because it is only one I could find that did not put restrictions on what languages one is allowed to use.

Thank you!

@Npars01 @rolle

mostly. conservatives get treated in ways we'd never tolerate for others here and on bluesky. or they quickly get blocked here when people could just not follow or mute them. thus few try it out.

(not referring to the obvious trolls who need to be reported)

@Npars01 @rolle Information bubbles are also affecting people who see themselves as "left" or "progressive", but not in the way the narrative says.

The problem is not that these folks are stuck in bubbles with other people like them who largely have reasonable beliefs and goals and shared facts-based reality.

The problem is that they're stuck in bubbles shaped by their/our enemies who run the platforms they're using and make it so you can get a feel-good rush by dunking on nazis and blue-maga in ways that actually amplify their reach and impede imagination of a better world.

@Linux Sure. This is an old topic.

People tend to choose where others are and what feels easiest. But these days, it's more like being lazy and not wanting to learn anything new. It's also about not caring. And often, it's about gloating and follower numbers, trying to be influential. That's all wrong.

We need to bring back the "authenticity" in all of this. Not everything has to be perfectly polished all the time. Large corporations have more manpower to make everything seem flawless for the user, but at a great cost.