I want to quit X/Twitter.
But I can still can reach a massive audience there (154K followers) that need to be reached. I have less than 10K followers here & similar sites & less than 20K on Mastodon and LinkedIn. Growth on Bluesky has been slow.
My question is always, where can I do the most good?
But I can still can reach a massive audience there (154K followers) that need to be reached. I have less than 10K followers here & similar sites & less than 20K on Mastodon and LinkedIn. Growth on Bluesky has been slow.
My question is always, where can I do the most good?
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https://bsky.app/profile/ec.europa.eu/post/3l6n4ufc3ox2n
I wouldn’t have seen your message there. But I saw this.
That's the same as my reach here and I am a whore nobody has heard of
1. Because there are tons of bots and inactive accounts rolled into that
2. Musk's algorithms are not going to boost your content unless you start getting real racist about shit
https://bsky.app/profile/nafnlaus.bsky.social/post/3l6xcwv2yyw2e
The follower count is superficial. It don't count for squat if your followers are online less, or have the algorithm push Nazi content over yours.
Dude, your 150k ‘followers’ aren’t even seeing your tweets. You’re deluding yourself.
vs
People who actually want to read what you have to say
So I guess the question you gotta ask is, do you value numbers or people?
https://bsky.app/profile/jaz.bsky.social/post/3l6whcq3djs2f
https://mashable.com/article/tucker-carlson-x-trump-interview-twitter-video-view-count?test_uuid=01iI2GpryXngy77uIpA3Y4B&test_variant=b
Secondly, there's the algorithm.
But the algo worsens that. If you're a blue check and you're posting messages Elon wants shared and/or clickbait, congrats, the algo will boost you.
Katherine Hayhoe is a good example. She's taken personal responsibility 👏🏾
🙌🏾
Would you consider doing a *private* briefing for other progressive thought leaders who had/have large followings on Twitter & who are unsure about making the transition?
I'd be happy to help you organise.
Are there some starter packs you should be in? Don’t be shy – reach out to folks and suggest they include you!
If you are going to mention something you just wrote, link it. That hashtag is used so widely that I could not find your post there
Finally, look for feeds you think you should appear on, and how to get your content to appear on it
Why is that number, 145k, equal an amount good you're doing? Are those lives saved? People uplifted? Or is that just value you've ascribed to your moral points count?
You CAN quit X. Rip off that Band-Aid™️ and tell folks there than you’re here now.
The story has always been, since social began, ten true fans are greater than a thousand indifferent “followers”
Why not run your own experiments to quantify the difference for your posts?
https://bsky.app/profile/katharinehayhoe.com/post/3kwdilv4kkm2u
above Facebook (15), Snapchat (22) and X (30)
on the Apple platform.
https://bsky.app/profile/iboudreau.bsky.social/post/3l6x4j56pec23
staying active on shiTwitter is actively supporting and funding musk. how much good is he doing for anyone except his own agenda and those who align with his warped views?
2. Do you support Elon’s political project or not? Is your follower count (again, not actual audience) more important, or not?
Because on Xhitter, 37 of your 154k followers will actually be shown your post, and here they all will.
Plus, on Xhitter, 257,992 Nazis will be shown your post and publicly naysay it.
I finally packed it in over there.
I still miss old twitter greatly, but bluesky is not bad at all and getting better daily.
https://www.freewheeling.info/blog/its-time-to-quit-twitter
The movement doesn't actually need your posts
1 Your twitter follower count it bullshit and you know that
2 On X you actively funding facsism. Quitting X and *alone* will do good even if you quit social media altogether. You are doing harm by simply being there
I don't know or follow you, but I am of little use to those I follow on Xitter these days. I stay there for a couple of small grouos of people that I can't find anywhere else, and would miss.
https://bsky.app/profile/nafnlaus.bsky.social/post/3kyjxsjdkbh2l
You’ve been on BooSky for months.
Yet you complain that you haven’t matched your follower count….
Away from twitter, IMO
I refused to enrich evil.
In an only slightly pointed with a joke about how the platform probably helps Cruz kind of way of course
It's a very simple calculation. Quit your account, or continue to provide Elon money, credibility, and value.
How much good are you doing if you are giving activity and power to Elon's nazi platform?
Social media lives and dies by its active members engaging. If everyone remains bullish and stays on x and doesn't post to bsky, bsky doesn't grow and x stays dominant.
Here everyone is engaged.
Not worth the effort to sustain an actively harmful place 👇🏼
Giving X content is giving Musk free content. You think there is any good in that?
Also, X numbers are so conflated compared to the other platforms it's a false premise from goes
70k are dead accounts (like mine)
50k are bots
30k might be legit still
I do miss the football banter though.
That’s the cause of the recent mass Xodus over to the ‘sky. Any art on X is fair game for AI image generators per their new TOS.
If you want to check it out, tell your followers that they should move over here and see how many even react.