Megan Marie HartBOOST OR QUOTE THIS!
Trying to find out how many people see a post without hashtags. Thank you!
(edit: Why, you ask? Long thread coming up … 1/7)
(Nobody actually asked why, but I imagine someone must have thought it.) Curiosity is one reason, the other is a recent offline discussion about whether we are hindering a more wide spread adoption of the Fediverse because we dislike advertisements. It’s possible that brands and “influencer”-type people aren’t getting the kick they’re used to from the Fediverse because there are no metrics showing how many people have seen a post. Perhaps it’s different with your own instance – I don’t know!
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For the sake of argument, let’s assume that people would want to test the waters by creating an account on an established instance before committing to setting up their own, even if they have the necessary knowledge and funds. I think people have become accustomed to the insane numbers on commercial social media: millions of views, thousands of likes and hundreds of comments. (I have never been part of this; my profession is too niche. Classical music accounts for just 2–5% of music sales,
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… and opera is primarily a live art form, so its market share is so small as to be essentially unmeasurable. I never bothered to find out how many people I reach vs how many interactions a post gets. I really couldn’t care less!) Brands and “Influencer”-minded people, even people just used to commercial socials testing the fediverse might feel like it is not working for them and leave again, so I was wondering about the *potential* reach of a toot.
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I feel like I get more meaningful interaction (and perhaps even ticket sales!) from a Mastodon post about an upcoming show than from posts on other social media platforms. But a “feeling” dosen’t help when trying to convince people to join. Or to get active. My current theater @staatstheaterdarmstadt is on here since 2022 – zero posts! I would like them to get active or even set up their own instance. I think every theater should have its own instance! It can’t be more work than FB and IG.
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Lori Olson@meganmariehart @staatstheaterdarmstadt
Honestly I think a theater should have an account on a “local” to their physical location instance. It would give them a better, more focused audience.
Honestly I think a theater should have an account on a “local” to their physical location instance. It would give them a better, more focused audience.
@wndxlori That makes sense in most of the world. However, this might limit the reach, particularly for opera in Europe, where there are so many opera houses! Opera fans travel a lot!
@meganmariehart nothing in the Fediverse is limited in reach. But in that case, I’d recommend an EU focused server
mirabilos@meganmariehart they do? Interesting!
I must admit I have never been to an opera. Until $smallnum years ago, the entrance would have been prohibitive. I wonder with how much “not dressing up” I can get by in the audience… I already find it major uncomfortable to wear a shirt (black, atop black normal trousers) for our choir concerts… I do actually have an opera house in the city! Might need to look into it.
I’ve listened to quite some in radio streams (I usually have some kind of classical internet radio on in the background), though I have to admit I was never all too fond of… the opera squeking, or so. (I recently found https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZT61AsjqwA which places Bel Canto against contemporary Opera style-and-technique, and that is much more to my taste.) But I think I’ll want to try it at least once, to be able to listen (and feel!) it in real life (a recording is merely a bad substitute, this is something I know very well even as a mere amateur choir singer), plus for the theatralic parts. I probably really have to research that (and figure out clothes, I absolutely refuse to wear a tie, for example).
So I thank you for your continued presence here, always reminding me of something I could do some day.
(tbh I have a hard time going to concerts as visitor because I always want to sing/hum/… with… and ideally learn from the pros, though the King’s Singers said they’ll have a Summer School in the UK next year, so I plan for that)
Where opera went wrong
@mirabilos
Please go to the opera! As for attire, wear whatever you like! Seriously, jeans and a t-shirt are perfectly fine. If you’re unsure, wear something that makes you feel festive but comfortable. (Depending on the work, you may be sitting for over 3 hours.) There seem to be far fewer ties these days, basically since trump made them look ridiculous. Depending on where you are seated, some houses can be chilly in winter, so maybe wear a jumper, cardigan or suit jacket you can take off.
Please go to the opera! As for attire, wear whatever you like! Seriously, jeans and a t-shirt are perfectly fine. If you’re unsure, wear something that makes you feel festive but comfortable. (Depending on the work, you may be sitting for over 3 hours.) There seem to be far fewer ties these days, basically since trump made them look ridiculous. Depending on where you are seated, some houses can be chilly in winter, so maybe wear a jumper, cardigan or suit jacket you can take off.
@meganmariehart ok, I’ll plan this (for after acute hazel/birch pollen season). Temperature should do, I went to where the choir sang for christmas in shorts… but I can do a little more festive but comfortable. Thanks!
Iron Bug@meganmariehart @mirabilos some people have never been to opera and in our theater in winter it's deadly cold. and some women don't know this, they had seen festive people in theaters on TV and put on their best, wearing evening gowns. and then turn blue and frozen before the end of the first act.
I always wear a good warm and cozy clothes if I go to opera. sitting 3-4 hours in a draughty and chilly place is a serious test and to enjoy music I need to feel comfortable, first of all.
I always wear a good warm and cozy clothes if I go to opera. sitting 3-4 hours in a draughty and chilly place is a serious test and to enjoy music I need to feel comfortable, first of all.
Shoe Bill@wndxlori @meganmariehart @staatstheaterdarmstadt
Likewise commercial radio stations. They're already highly localized anyway. Tbf, almost all of them have a website, but still; local social media would only benefit them.