Jerry MonteverdeI analyzed 119 posts from this week's #TuneTuesday on Mastodon.
The numbers aren't huge:
🎵 119 posts
👥 76 unique participants
❤️ 140 favorites
🔁 247 boosts
💬 44 replies
But that's exactly what makes it interesting.
Most social media trends are driven by a small number of highly visible accounts.
#TuneTuesday looks different.
76 unique authors generated just 119 posts, which means participation is spread across the community rather than concentrated around influencers.
This week's theme (#OdeToTheWall) produced an unexpectedly diverse soundtrack:
🎸 Classic rock
🎷 Jazz
🎻 Folk
🎹 Blues
🎧 Indie
The data also shows:
🎵 "song" mentioned 43 times
🎵 "music" mentioned 41 times
📺 YouTube links shared 38 times
🎧 Spotify links shared 8 times
People aren't debating.
People aren't doomscrolling.
They're basically showing up once a week to exchange music recommendations with strangers.
From a data science perspective:
High author diversity + low engagement concentration = community participation, not influencer amplification.
The internet could probably use more trends like that.
donutage (Bill Cole)
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