Felipe Molina π΅
β¦ π Gus PoseyWhen people arrive from X:
"I had twenty thousand followers."
After a couple of weeks:
"I made a hedgehog sweater out of moss."
Su_G@Gustodon
Much healthier, much more important, perfectly captured change. π
Much healthier, much more important, perfectly captured change. π
@Su_G Thanks. That's a great compliment. π
Jargoggles@Gustodon
"I had twenty thousand followers.*"
*99% of which were bots
simonbp@jargoggles @Gustodon I have an unused placeholder BS account created last month which has never posted anything and has nothing in the profile.
Nearly a hundred bot followers.
Chris Mills@Gustodon yup. 10K followers and zero engagement unless you pay to make wheels spin.
Cassandrich@Gustodon > "I had twenty thousand followers."
But 19k were bots and among the 1k real followers, my posts only got shown to 5.
I'd estimate anyone moving from enshittified corporate social media to here who actually makes any effort at all will have a larger actual audience within a year. Probably within 3 months.
Walrus π΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώ
Tim Richards
Zalasur πΈπΊπ¦@Gustodon The hedgehog has 10 thousand followers and has a live feed that runs on a dedicated peertube server
I AM BANKSY β / πβπ₯@Gustodon Curious. Is it a sweater FOR a hedgehog, or a sweater for a human DEPICTING a hedgehog, or "hell yes"?
@xinit It's a cute tiny sweater but also hell yes.
Pino Carafa
seism0saurusI need a picture from your hedgehog, please.
Street | Train π·π΄ 
@Gustodon I somehow have 3 more followers here compared to twitter
Androcat
Rupert πͺπΊπ΄ββ οΈπΎππ·πΊπͺππ₯@Gustodon leaving aside moss and blenders, moss has feelings too and wouldn't pulling apart and a good watering work? Definitely a sweater for a hedgehog, and would you need to knit it as the hedgehog has the needles built in. Love #Mosstodon too.
Hiisikoloart
Voracious ReaderNot sweater as in "sudorific"?
I thought it was some herbal concoction to rid the hedgehog of a skin infestation.
Tiny cute clothing works too π€ͺ
Mike Anderson@Gustodon who do I have to follow to get the hedgehog-moss-sweater content?
Dellion π¦
Charlotte Walker@Gustodon @AngelaPreston Stop reporting on me
@purplepadma Nothing specific, I assure you, but it's nice to see that it resonates.
@Gustodon I literally did have 20,000 followers πππ
The VHS Wizard π¦πΌπ§@Gustodon I am super familiar with this feeling, only mine is older - I was a G+ "influencer" with like 40k followers before the forced YouTube integration killed the community there.
cuan_knaggs@DrakkenZero @Gustodon g+ was fun while it lasted wasn't it
@mensrea @DrakkenZero @Gustodon
It was really quite good. (Mastodon language for loud enthusiasm.)
Paul Chambersπ§@DrakkenZero I was a beta user and absolutely loved it, and then they destroyed it. @Gustodon
Farah ππΌπ§Άπ³οΈβπ@Gustodon Ha! I was an absolute nobody on Twitter. Barely had 350 followers where 100 were perpetually dormant. π
meganecko
Tim@Gustodon And only on Masto would you get this number of comments about the design of the sweater.
Reptlian Reflections@Gustodon I keep wanting to engage with Mastodon more. I let myself get way too political and fought so much on Threads. So many girls posting Thirst pics too which isnβt good for me. I feel detached on X and use it primarily for my Faming interests.
Mastodon feels like a quiet lil village I can have Tea n Scones and post mostly Palaeontology stuff lol Even thinking of buying Mastodon Metch πΈ#mastodon #Palaeontology #tea
Mastodon feels like a quiet lil village I can have Tea n Scones and post mostly Palaeontology stuff lol Even thinking of buying Mastodon Metch πΈ#mastodon #Palaeontology #tea
PaweΕ PyΕ π§©@Gustodon im still searching for an image from here. It's with text like: "im very unpopular on Fediverse" or something like that... Dont remember exactly, but it was so hilarious :p
Markus Feilner
XenoBlock
TheJen will not comply@Gustodon A sweater for a hedgehog? Or a sweater with a hedgehog on it? :)
@TheJen Whichever you prefer. There are a few more specific answers in the thread. π¦
ChookMother π¦πΊπ¦@Gustodon This made me laugh so much! You captured it perfectly π π
@anne_twain π Thanks. I'm glad to hear it.
Mike Fraser@Gustodon They had 1800 bots following them.