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Arindam Basu

@KolokokoBird @atomicpoet

Well that may be true; but also, the sheer volume of doom scrolling in twitter for #lazyweb could be another attraction for some. Plus all that nonsense. #fediverse in comparison, is more substantive.

5 Oct 2022 at 2:05 | Wall-to-wall | Open on mastodon.nzoss.nz
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Kolokoko Bird!

@arin_basu @atomicpoet As it is now, I think the users who stick around are those who are able to read instructions and persevere. That does select for a subset of people that I particularly like, so it works for me. 🙂

5 Oct 2022 at 3:17 | Open on social.chinwag.org
Arindam Basu

@KolokokoBird @atomicpoet

Well said! For me too, 'subset of people I particularly like' and feel safe to discuss things as well. Nice, safe, interactive, get to discover new people and topics, what more can you ask from a 'social media app', and what more rewards will satisfy people 🙂 ?

5 Oct 2022 at 5:45 | Open on mastodon.nzoss.nz
Chris Trottier replied to Arindam

@arin_basu @KolokokoBird I'll be real. I wish critical communications were delivered through the Fediverse. I don't want to be checking Twitter to find out health policy and economic data.

5 Oct 2022 at 5:52 | Open on mastodon.social
Arindam Basu replied to Chris

@atomicpoet @KolokokoBird
Of course and why not. I think @lightweight has on numerous occasions argued this with the MoH and others exhorting them to use #fediverse and even offered to host sites. Beats me why a sovereign government cannot host their own server-based channels instead of depending on the likes of #birdsite and #booksite. Crying shame!

5 Oct 2022 at 5:56 | Open on mastodon.nzoss.nz
kunt replied to Arindam

@arin_basu @atomicpoet @KolokokoBird @lightweight
Exposure.
Audience reach.
Utilisation of existing technologies instead of spending taxpayers' money shouting in an empty room.

I don't know which country you reside in but afair a lot of them has the same if not more detailed announcement on their own Health Department websites.

5 Oct 2022 at 16:59 | Open on mastodon.online
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