Gregory's ServerTwitter vs. Mastodon
I posted this graph on Twitter (to 95,000 followers) & Mastodon (with 1/10th the followers).
I got double the likes/boosts on Mastodon. On Twitter I got dozens of ugly replies from climate deniers & trolls. On Mastodon I got polite & interesting questions.
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@petergleick interesting! But not an argument for not posting on Twitter, I think. Climate deniers and trolls and all those followers of yours still need to see your messages :) Maybe muting someone on Twitter could be a solution. @SigneAaboe @petergleick the only solution to Twatter is to leave Twatter. Fascist watering hole that it is. It should starve to death in madness. Actually, now that I think of it, ALL fascists should starve to death in madness. Thank you for coming to my TED Talk. @petergleick Twitter isn't worth it. The casual followers that made it worthwhile despite everything have already left, so the only people left are hardcores with large apparent followings, and trolls. This is how internet message boards in the first decade of the 2000s met their end. @petergleick one of the replies is some Russian troll clown who blames Russian war crimes and mass murder of civillians in Ukraine on the US! The same people always point fingers at Hamas deliberate carpet bombing of Ashdod and saying that's OK because those are good rebels. He's one of those who claim Russians looting and genociding neighbors are world peace and the US are baddies @petergleick Hey Peter I shared this on Twitter to my followers ... I purged followers there and then locked it down. Slays me how many people are just digging in over there. oh well |
@petergleick all a matter of perspective, but for me, any toot getting more than three re-toots constitutes “going viral”, and more than five favorites wins the Internet for the day. That’s just me, though. Glad you are here. Thank you for sharing!