People who claim there is no engagement on Mastodon have never posted a photo of a really cute cat and it shows.

[kierkegaanks@beige.party]

@lemay slop cats incoming!

[mycotropic@beige.party]

@Beachbum @lemay

cricket appreciates you.

[raven_de_lioncourt@mastodon.social]

@lemay xD I am brand new to the app, but I think the cat thinks is so true anywhere

[yakkoj@fosstodon.org]

@lemay wait we're still hearing this "no engagement" baloney?

I was on Twitter for 14 years, and I've been on Mastodon since 2017, and my own experience is completely different. I got mostly no engagement on Twitter, but I've gotten more genuine interaction on Mastodon in 9 years than I ever got in 14 on Twitter. You just need to not be a garbage person (foreign concept to some, I know...)

[ryan@m29.us]

@lemay This is just a ploy to get people to send you cute cat pics, isn’t it

[danish_akhtar7@mastodon.social]

@lemay

I post the same content on Threads, Bluesky, and #Mastodon, but I get more engagement on Mastodon.

I had great conversations here. The quality of posts and the right hashtags are also important.

[greenpepper22@mastodon.social]

@lemay this really seems like a thinly veiled way to get sent lots of cute cats pictures

[juuhaa@mastodon.social]

@ryan @lemay

https://mastodon.social/@CatsOfYore/116360674881232595

[octaviaconamore@cutie.city]

@MsHearthWitch @lemay bingo, they want to post *at* people (whereas the correct way is to *meow* at people )

[octaviaconamore@cutie.city]

@lemay @alex barring that, just meow at fedi

[introvertcatto@lgbtqia.space]

@lemay true

[grb090423@mastodon.social]

@lemay

This!

Or a garden of flowers. Or a bunch of moss. Or a whole load of lichen on a rock.

[theorangetheme@en.osm.town]

@McRocker @lemay Pumpkin looks like he was the absolute sweetest boy. 🧡

[aliide@mstdn.social]

@lemay or moss!

[electricsheep@livellosegreto.it]

@wallacewords @lemay or moss

[aliide@mstdn.social]

@yakkoj @lemay likewise, but I suspect my twitter account's visibility was screwed, for a few reasons.

[alexadeswift@lgbtqia.space]

@lemay

On Mastodon, if you want engagement just miaow

[serigala_tropis@lgbtqia.space]

@alexadeswift @lemay

[sybren@fosstodon.org]

@lemay even without a cat picture I see more engagement here than on BlueSky!

[giuseppebilotta@fediscience.org]

@lemay I'm not ashamed to confess I've been thinking about adding cat photos to posts where I talk about science because my single most successful post is a random one of a cat on a chat. I expected it to be liked because, I mean, Fediverse and cats of course it's going to make numbers, but I never expected it to get spread so much!