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The difference between a closed, algorithmically-curated silo like Twitter and the fediverse.

Same post.

Twitter: ~43K “followers”, 8 boosts, 58 likes
Fediverse: ~8.43K followers, 57 boosts, 106 likes

Your thousands of “followers” on Twitter mean nothing because the algorithm (i.e., Twitter, Inc.) decides who gets to hear you.

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@aral and it has adsolutely nothing to do with the anti-bigtech mood difference here and there 😅
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@albi Well, let’s just say if you’re pro-Big Tech and you follow me, you’re likely a masochist ;)

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@aral @albi bunthink are you assuming ignoring that your followers also have followers, who are more likely to boost your posts here than on twitter?

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@xarvos @albi Nope. It wasn’t a PhD thesis, just an observation.

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@aral
So with all sincerity then, why are you still using Twitter? Don't you think that your presence there somehow validates the platform?

I don't mean that as some random bitchy (twitter style) comeback. Really. isn't it time to "vote with our feet"?
Or if not now, when?

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@keith I’m forwarding from here. I still have people there that see my tweets who are not here (members of European Parliament, etc.) When I feel it’s no longer useful, I’ll close it down. Does that make sense?

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@aral can I use these screenshots for a presentation of the fediverse?

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clacke: inhibited exhausted pixie dream boy 🇸🇪🇭🇰💙💛

@Goutte That's the core of the argument . @aral has fewer followers than aral@twitter.com .

Naively one could assume that the base rate of reactions on the Twitter account would be five times that of the Fedi account.
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@aral Wait, you were (still are?) using Apple iPhone to post those.

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@poputchik Wanna buy me a new phone? (Kidding, please don’t. No, I’m not going to throw away my phone overnight but I am looking for alternatives.)

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@aral My experience is the same -- way fewer follower yet way more engagement in the Fediverse.

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