<![CDATA[People will be like “mastodon doesn’t have the reach of twitter”.]]>People will be like “mastodon doesn’t have the reach of twitter”.

Okay, well I post my stupid little thoughts and I know for a fact it made 16 real people smile.

Why do you need more than that? You don’t want a social network you want a marketing platform. And that’s fine, but don’t confuse the two or pretend that you want one when you want the other.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/b808d2fd-da1c-49ca-b0c0-8e1b65ffc632/people-will-be-like-mastodon-doesn-t-have-the-reach-of-twitter-.RSS for NodeSat, 23 May 2026 00:26:01 GMTFri, 15 May 2026 04:30:57 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to People will be like “mastodon doesn’t have the reach of twitter”. on Sun, 17 May 2026 04:58:42 GMT]]>@janusfox Yeah, I was thinking about that today. All the web 1.0 stuff, there was never "the most followed person' or whatever. There were mods and prolific posters but that's just... a community. It's not this weird metrics game.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tech.lgbt/ap/users/116411547413478668/statuses/116588145674876281https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tech.lgbt/ap/users/116411547413478668/statuses/116588145674876281Sun, 17 May 2026 04:58:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People will be like “mastodon doesn’t have the reach of twitter”. on Sun, 17 May 2026 04:21:01 GMT]]>@kieran @nepi Honestly though, you are one of the most incredible people I have known for handling this as you did. It's /so/ badass.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://animal.business/users/janusfox/statuses/116587997548873713https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://animal.business/users/janusfox/statuses/116587997548873713Sun, 17 May 2026 04:21:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People will be like “mastodon doesn’t have the reach of twitter”. on Sun, 17 May 2026 04:18:49 GMT]]>@nepi I'm still trying to break myself of the mindset that numbers matter at all.

That never used to be important on the internet. Not on forums and IRC/ICQ/Mucks, etc. You just *gasp* had friends. And most of them liked different things.

I get why artists or businesses might care, but just regular folk? Nah, real conversations don't need numbers or likes.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://animal.business/users/janusfox/statuses/116587988909896298https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://animal.business/users/janusfox/statuses/116587988909896298Sun, 17 May 2026 04:18:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People will be like “mastodon doesn’t have the reach of twitter”. on Sun, 17 May 2026 04:11:30 GMT]]>@janusfox @nepi *nothing here but suspicious pile of rocks*

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hom.ph/users/kieran/statuses/116587960121879305https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hom.ph/users/kieran/statuses/116587960121879305Sun, 17 May 2026 04:11:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People will be like “mastodon doesn’t have the reach of twitter”. on Sun, 17 May 2026 04:03:44 GMT]]>@kieran @nepi *watches you* lies!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://animal.business/users/janusfox/statuses/116587929571406492https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://animal.business/users/janusfox/statuses/116587929571406492Sun, 17 May 2026 04:03:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People will be like “mastodon doesn’t have the reach of twitter”. on Sat, 16 May 2026 21:18:19 GMT]]>@nepi "Not having the reach" means "not having the monetization potential".

It's not a bug, it's a feature.

The whole selling point. Except it's free.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/yora/statuses/116586335404470633https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/yora/statuses/116586335404470633Sat, 16 May 2026 21:18:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People will be like “mastodon doesn’t have the reach of twitter”. on Sat, 16 May 2026 20:48:25 GMT]]>@nepi 😂😂😂

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/webhat/statuses/116586217821722007https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/webhat/statuses/116586217821722007Sat, 16 May 2026 20:48:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People will be like “mastodon doesn’t have the reach of twitter”. on Sat, 16 May 2026 16:15:01 GMT]]>@Nuki
People are totally deaf to that logic for some reason. Like, I've tried to float the idea of certain subreddits who are growing increasingly hostile towards Reddit to set up a Lemmy, Piefed, mbin, or NodeBB site, and the usuall response is that "it's dominated by tankies." Like, this subreddit has 200,000 weekly users, and all of Lemmy has 40k *monthly* users. The subreddit could *become* Lemmy at the drop of a hat, even if less than half the users followed, but they're looking for any excuse to not make changes.
@nepi

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tenforward.social/users/Kichae/statuses/116585142750743129https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tenforward.social/users/Kichae/statuses/116585142750743129Sat, 16 May 2026 16:15:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People will be like “mastodon doesn’t have the reach of twitter”. on Sat, 16 May 2026 15:47:07 GMT]]>@nepi YAS!!! Call out those fallacies, super star!!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://dragonchat.org/users/Rivernoodl/statuses/116585033069732434https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://dragonchat.org/users/Rivernoodl/statuses/116585033069732434Sat, 16 May 2026 15:47:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People will be like “mastodon doesn’t have the reach of twitter”. on Sat, 16 May 2026 13:44:04 GMT]]>@nepi me staring at my most popular post on any social media with 200 reposts

And it's on fedi @-@

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://dragon.style/users/saphire/statuses/116584549189441746https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://dragon.style/users/saphire/statuses/116584549189441746Sat, 16 May 2026 13:44:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People will be like “mastodon doesn’t have the reach of twitter”. on Sat, 16 May 2026 09:18:25 GMT]]>@nepi
You mentioned the platform you're on, within a broad statement. This already gave extra boosts on Twitter predictably (so much so, that I sometimes intentionally left it out).
(Was tempted to boost also, I like your thought)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/schmidt_fu/statuses/116583504662707560https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/schmidt_fu/statuses/116583504662707560Sat, 16 May 2026 09:18:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People will be like “mastodon doesn’t have the reach of twitter”. on Sat, 16 May 2026 08:49:14 GMT]]>@nepi *THIS!*

Granted, even if someone wants to market on the Fediverse, there are tools like for all those that want genuine interaction with a community and not merely posting …

- Needless to say people here want *real interaction* and not merely posts that won't get replied upon when someone asks questions…

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://c.im/ap/users/116307071344437495/statuses/116583389878733681https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://c.im/ap/users/116307071344437495/statuses/116583389878733681Sat, 16 May 2026 08:49:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People will be like “mastodon doesn’t have the reach of twitter”. on Fri, 15 May 2026 21:33:42 GMT]]>@nepi “you’re just preaching to the choir” but preaching to the choir is important.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/theothersimo/statuses/116580733609021397https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/theothersimo/statuses/116580733609021397Fri, 15 May 2026 21:33:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People will be like “mastodon doesn’t have the reach of twitter”. on Fri, 15 May 2026 19:22:40 GMT]]>@nepi screaming into the void vs screaming knowing that about a double digit number of people see it and sigh

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://furry.engineer/users/Luissen/statuses/116580218322274774https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://furry.engineer/users/Luissen/statuses/116580218322274774Fri, 15 May 2026 19:22:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People will be like “mastodon doesn’t have the reach of twitter”. on Fri, 15 May 2026 18:51:56 GMT]]>@nepi can even ask questions on here & get answers from people who know

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://meow.social/users/patterfloof/statuses/116580097468326007https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://meow.social/users/patterfloof/statuses/116580097468326007Fri, 15 May 2026 18:51:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People will be like “mastodon doesn’t have the reach of twitter”. on Fri, 15 May 2026 18:42:57 GMT]]>@ShadowJonathan @nepi you boost good posts (among others )

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cutie.city/users/OctaviaConAmore/statuses/116580062193867546https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cutie.city/users/OctaviaConAmore/statuses/116580062193867546Fri, 15 May 2026 18:42:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People will be like “mastodon doesn’t have the reach of twitter”. on Fri, 15 May 2026 18:41:50 GMT]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://pixelfed.com/p/sirio/960972552993646553https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://pixelfed.com/p/sirio/960972552993646553Fri, 15 May 2026 18:41:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People will be like “mastodon doesn’t have the reach of twitter”. on Fri, 15 May 2026 18:21:21 GMT]]>@mrgrumpymonkey@mastodon.social @nepi@tech.lgbt that depends entirely on what you're selling, and who you're selling it to!

Sure, for artists or people who's business depends on reach, numbers matter. But that's not who the original post is talking about.

For the average user, the quality of connections made is far more important than the number of them.

And so I reiterate: quality over quantity.]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hollow.raccoon.quest/notes/amat5jhdxih502eehttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hollow.raccoon.quest/notes/amat5jhdxih502eeFri, 15 May 2026 18:21:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People will be like “mastodon doesn’t have the reach of twitter”. on Fri, 15 May 2026 18:18:52 GMT]]>@daedalouseros @nepi This isn't a great marketing statement. 🙃

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mrgrumpymonkey/statuses/116579967463868625https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mrgrumpymonkey/statuses/116579967463868625Fri, 15 May 2026 18:18:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People will be like “mastodon doesn’t have the reach of twitter”. on Fri, 15 May 2026 18:16:13 GMT]]>@nepi Don't mind me passing by. This just happened to end up on my timeline courtesy of that little 'boost' icon.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mrgrumpymonkey/statuses/116579957017839955https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mrgrumpymonkey/statuses/116579957017839955Fri, 15 May 2026 18:16:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People will be like “mastodon doesn’t have the reach of twitter”. on Fri, 15 May 2026 17:58:46 GMT]]>@nepi just states ure point?! 😄
and hi 😄

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fellies.social/users/Citali/statuses/116579888434309171https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fellies.social/users/Citali/statuses/116579888434309171Fri, 15 May 2026 17:58:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People will be like “mastodon doesn’t have the reach of twitter”. on Fri, 15 May 2026 17:56:53 GMT]]>@nepi They might be 16, but you can be sure they are real people.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://amikejo.xyz/users/nlupo/statuses/01KRPCHF46RRZXRAQFMVFP514Khttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://amikejo.xyz/users/nlupo/statuses/01KRPCHF46RRZXRAQFMVFP514KFri, 15 May 2026 17:56:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People will be like “mastodon doesn’t have the reach of twitter”. on Fri, 15 May 2026 17:33:35 GMT]]>@nepi@tech.lgbt Quality. Over. Quantity!]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hollow.raccoon.quest/notes/amarg3utxih502e0https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hollow.raccoon.quest/notes/amarg3utxih502e0Fri, 15 May 2026 17:33:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People will be like “mastodon doesn’t have the reach of twitter”. on Fri, 15 May 2026 16:56:14 GMT]]>@nepi me perfectly content not having "an audience" anymore.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hom.ph/users/kieran/statuses/116579642566428106https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hom.ph/users/kieran/statuses/116579642566428106Fri, 15 May 2026 16:56:14 GMT