<![CDATA[People who claim there is no engagement on Mastodon have never posted a photo of a really cute cat and it shows.]]>People who claim there is no engagement on Mastodon have never posted a photo of a really cute cat and it shows.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/9d882d46-83ef-4e18-b594-ade7258afcaa/people-who-claim-there-is-no-engagement-on-mastodon-have-never-posted-a-photo-of-a-really-cute-cat-and-it-shows.RSS for NodeMon, 13 Apr 2026 17:27:40 GMTMon, 06 Apr 2026 21:59:41 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to People who claim there is no engagement on Mastodon have never posted a photo of a really cute cat and it shows. on Tue, 07 Apr 2026 16:56:27 GMT]]>@vk2bea @lemay Cat in a bag!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.ridetrans.it/users/greenarchist/statuses/116364475628589876https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.ridetrans.it/users/greenarchist/statuses/116364475628589876Tue, 07 Apr 2026 16:56:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People who claim there is no engagement on Mastodon have never posted a photo of a really cute cat and it shows. on Tue, 07 Apr 2026 16:24:21 GMT]]>@lemay
Fucking crickets for this little guy!
https://sfba.social/@jonathankoren/116359933195187322

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sfba.social/users/jonathankoren/statuses/116364349374018842https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sfba.social/users/jonathankoren/statuses/116364349374018842Tue, 07 Apr 2026 16:24:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People who claim there is no engagement on Mastodon have never posted a photo of a really cute cat and it shows. on Tue, 07 Apr 2026 16:21:34 GMT]]>@MsHearthWitch @lemay Yep, they don't care about engagement or community, they want virality.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://m.ai6yr.org/users/ai6yr/statuses/116364338412755170https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://m.ai6yr.org/users/ai6yr/statuses/116364338412755170Tue, 07 Apr 2026 16:21:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People who claim there is no engagement on Mastodon have never posted a photo of a really cute cat and it shows. on Tue, 07 Apr 2026 15:27:55 GMT]]>@lemay Not me replying to this post simply to note that Iโ€™ve done my Mastodonian duty and Favorited every cat photo in this thread so far.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.coop/users/jonobie/statuses/116364127445513875https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.coop/users/jonobie/statuses/116364127445513875Tue, 07 Apr 2026 15:27:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People who claim there is no engagement on Mastodon have never posted a photo of a really cute cat and it shows. on Tue, 07 Apr 2026 14:15:29 GMT]]>@pink161

Mrrrrrpppp ๐Ÿˆ

@lemay

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lgbtqia.space/users/alexadeswift/statuses/116363842642310142https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lgbtqia.space/users/alexadeswift/statuses/116363842642310142Tue, 07 Apr 2026 14:15:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People who claim there is no engagement on Mastodon have never posted a photo of a really cute cat and it shows. on Tue, 07 Apr 2026 14:15:04 GMT]]>@svavar

Mrrrrrpppp ๐Ÿˆ

@lemay

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lgbtqia.space/users/alexadeswift/statuses/116363840996664959https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lgbtqia.space/users/alexadeswift/statuses/116363840996664959Tue, 07 Apr 2026 14:15:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People who claim there is no engagement on Mastodon have never posted a photo of a really cute cat and it shows. on Tue, 07 Apr 2026 14:07:33 GMT]]>@alexadeswift @lemay meow :3

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://norden.social/ap/users/115966967039820872/statuses/116363811485910586https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://norden.social/ap/users/115966967039820872/statuses/116363811485910586Tue, 07 Apr 2026 14:07:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People who claim there is no engagement on Mastodon have never posted a photo of a really cute cat and it shows. on Tue, 07 Apr 2026 14:06:44 GMT]]>@lemay

And flowers too!

I love growing these deep red Dahlias!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ruby.social/users/stepheneb/statuses/116363808234259905https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ruby.social/users/stepheneb/statuses/116363808234259905Tue, 07 Apr 2026 14:06:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People who claim there is no engagement on Mastodon have never posted a photo of a really cute cat and it shows. on Tue, 07 Apr 2026 13:49:39 GMT]]>@lemay seriously.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mindly.social/users/deliaturner/statuses/116363741058264251https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mindly.social/users/deliaturner/statuses/116363741058264251Tue, 07 Apr 2026 13:49:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People who claim there is no engagement on Mastodon have never posted a photo of a really cute cat and it shows. on Tue, 07 Apr 2026 13:48:58 GMT]]>@alexadeswift @lemay

Miaow

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.svavar.com/users/svavar/statuses/116363738400895399https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.svavar.com/users/svavar/statuses/116363738400895399Tue, 07 Apr 2026 13:48:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People who claim there is no engagement on Mastodon have never posted a photo of a really cute cat and it shows. on Tue, 07 Apr 2026 12:27:38 GMT]]>@hellomiakoda @lemay I bookmarked your post. This is beautiful.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lgbtqia.space/ap/users/115902842793908035/statuses/116363418541118476https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lgbtqia.space/ap/users/115902842793908035/statuses/116363418541118476Tue, 07 Apr 2026 12:27:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People who claim there is no engagement on Mastodon have never posted a photo of a really cute cat and it shows. on Tue, 07 Apr 2026 11:08:39 GMT]]>@McRocker @lemay bless him, we also had a cat called Pumpkin, she was black and white and soo adorable, also miss my Pumpkin ๐Ÿ’•

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Ighostrider/statuses/116363107998607745https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Ighostrider/statuses/116363107998607745Tue, 07 Apr 2026 11:08:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People who claim there is no engagement on Mastodon have never posted a photo of a really cute cat and it shows. on Tue, 07 Apr 2026 10:42:44 GMT]]>@lemay Mastodon numbers are much smaller, but they're all people who ACTUALLY like and want to boost. Not bots. Not advertisers.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://pdx.social/users/hellomiakoda/statuses/116363006112982333https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://pdx.social/users/hellomiakoda/statuses/116363006112982333Tue, 07 Apr 2026 10:42:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People who claim there is no engagement on Mastodon have never posted a photo of a really cute cat and it shows. on Tue, 07 Apr 2026 10:32:21 GMT]]>@lemay @jzb

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/rustybikes/statuses/116362965231964126https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/rustybikes/statuses/116362965231964126Tue, 07 Apr 2026 10:32:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People who claim there is no engagement on Mastodon have never posted a photo of a really cute cat and it shows. on Tue, 07 Apr 2026 09:53:31 GMT]]>@anne_twain @yakkoj @lemay I get the impression that there's people (especially folks who have a mainstream media presence) who have basically treated Facebook, X/Twitter, and Instagram as broadcast channels.

They've taken their follower counts to heart, without considering that the number might be inflated by nearly 20 years of dead accounts, bots, scammers, spammers, and duplicates.

They've mastered the art of writing hot takes and rage bait that will get picked up by an algorithm. (This is distinct from information their followers would actually want to share of engage with.)

They don't engage with people by replying to other people's posts or responding to people who reply to their posts.

They don't share of like anyone else's posts.

Then they try the same crap here.

And it predictably falls flat.

Now personally, I've found people on Masto are *more* likely to share engaging, insightful, informative, or funny posts.

But only if they're posts of value, as opposed to algorithm-bait.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://gts.sadauskas.id.au/users/aj/statuses/01KNKNS2ND12QPS7G8H1BTQ0NGhttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://gts.sadauskas.id.au/users/aj/statuses/01KNKNS2ND12QPS7G8H1BTQ0NGTue, 07 Apr 2026 09:53:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People who claim there is no engagement on Mastodon have never posted a photo of a really cute cat and it shows. on Tue, 07 Apr 2026 09:20:42 GMT]]>@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!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fediscience.org/users/giuseppebilotta/statuses/116362683508509354https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fediscience.org/users/giuseppebilotta/statuses/116362683508509354Tue, 07 Apr 2026 09:20:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People who claim there is no engagement on Mastodon have never posted a photo of a really cute cat and it shows. on Tue, 07 Apr 2026 09:12:41 GMT]]>@lemay even without a cat picture I see more engagement here than on BlueSky!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/sybren/statuses/116362652006017280https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/sybren/statuses/116362652006017280Tue, 07 Apr 2026 09:12:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People who claim there is no engagement on Mastodon have never posted a photo of a really cute cat and it shows. on Tue, 07 Apr 2026 08:49:23 GMT]]>@alexadeswift @lemay ๐Ÿฑ

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lgbtqia.space/ap/users/115902842793908035/statuses/116362560391443613https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lgbtqia.space/ap/users/115902842793908035/statuses/116362560391443613Tue, 07 Apr 2026 08:49:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People who claim there is no engagement on Mastodon have never posted a photo of a really cute cat and it shows. on Tue, 07 Apr 2026 08:46:20 GMT]]>@lemay

On Mastodon, if you want engagement just miaow ๐Ÿˆ

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lgbtqia.space/users/alexadeswift/statuses/116362548405104697https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lgbtqia.space/users/alexadeswift/statuses/116362548405104697Tue, 07 Apr 2026 08:46:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People who claim there is no engagement on Mastodon have never posted a photo of a really cute cat and it shows. on Tue, 07 Apr 2026 08:39:11 GMT]]>@yakkoj @lemay likewise, but I suspect my twitter account's visibility was screwed, for a few reasons.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/aliide/statuses/116362520294298344https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/aliide/statuses/116362520294298344Tue, 07 Apr 2026 08:39:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People who claim there is no engagement on Mastodon have never posted a photo of a really cute cat and it shows. on Tue, 07 Apr 2026 08:39:00 GMT]]>@wallacewords @lemay or moss

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://livellosegreto.it/users/electricsheep/statuses/116362519511507055https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://livellosegreto.it/users/electricsheep/statuses/116362519511507055Tue, 07 Apr 2026 08:39:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People who claim there is no engagement on Mastodon have never posted a photo of a really cute cat and it shows. on Tue, 07 Apr 2026 08:36:22 GMT]]>@lemay or moss!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/aliide/statuses/116362509214857446https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/aliide/statuses/116362509214857446Tue, 07 Apr 2026 08:36:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People who claim there is no engagement on Mastodon have never posted a photo of a really cute cat and it shows. on Tue, 07 Apr 2026 08:25:05 GMT]]>@McRocker @lemay Pumpkin looks like he was the absolute sweetest boy. ๐Ÿงก

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://en.osm.town/ap/users/115702352497105111/statuses/116362464823577850https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://en.osm.town/ap/users/115702352497105111/statuses/116362464823577850Tue, 07 Apr 2026 08:25:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People who claim there is no engagement on Mastodon have never posted a photo of a really cute cat and it shows. on Tue, 07 Apr 2026 08:09:47 GMT]]>@lemay

This!

Or a garden of flowers. Or a bunch of moss. Or a whole load of lichen on a rock. ๐Ÿค—

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/grb090423/statuses/116362404686241827https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/grb090423/statuses/116362404686241827Tue, 07 Apr 2026 08:09:47 GMT