People will be like “mastodon doesn’t have the reach of twitter”.
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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.
@nepi I agree but as soon as I meet someone who is trying to make money, they disagree ...but yeah, maybe we should clearly draw the line between marketing and social media. People like to pretend they're just being ya everyday person socializing, sharing their art and then it becomes profitable but maybe that is gross? But I want artists to eat so they can keep making their art.
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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.
@nepi also, you reach is way better in that you either reach burnt out eepy ones that can really use some community or people with the most impressive CVs and only on fedi are u getting to know their furry catgirl side.

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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.
@nepi Small is beautiful
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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.
@nepi
There's also a shortsightedness here, like they're so used to not having choices to make they imagine themselves to be passive observers. "Not enough people have joined Fediverse, therefore I will not join Fediverse."If just a fraction of those people would make accounts to cross-post, we might have the volume to get the kind of engagement they're asking for.
But also a chunk of the claim that there aren't many people here is patently not true. We have a fraction of what proprietary hellholes like Twitter and Bluesky have, but we do have a very large number (millions) of people, to the point my timeline is always full of art and it's easy to wander around and just find new people, and they are real people, because we have no incentive to let our numbers be inflated by bots.
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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.
@nepi Twitter had more people but didnt have more reach. It even feels lonelier knowing that you post something when the traffic is higher and still noone interacts with your posts. At least here i dont have that kind of feeling.
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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.
Of course this is the post that gets like hundreds of favs and reposts. Who are you people??! I hope you’re having a nice day but ahhh!!!
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Of course this is the post that gets like hundreds of favs and reposts. Who are you people??! I hope you’re having a nice day but ahhh!!!
@nepi this was a good post
i boost good posts [citation needed]
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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.
@nepi me perfectly content not having "an audience" anymore.
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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.
@nepi@tech.lgbt Quality. Over. Quantity! -
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.
@nepi They might be 16, but you can be sure they are real people.
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Of course this is the post that gets like hundreds of favs and reposts. Who are you people??! I hope you’re having a nice day but ahhh!!!
@nepi just states ure point?!

and hi
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Of course this is the post that gets like hundreds of favs and reposts. Who are you people??! I hope you’re having a nice day but ahhh!!!
@nepi Don't mind me passing by. This just happened to end up on my timeline courtesy of that little 'boost' icon.
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@nepi@tech.lgbt Quality. Over. Quantity!
@daedalouseros @nepi This isn't a great marketing statement.

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@daedalouseros @nepi This isn't a great marketing statement.
@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.
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Very true. Mastodon and other fediverse platforms have great communities. As an experience, it's the diametrical opposite of enshittification.
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@nepi this was a good post
i boost good posts [citation needed]
@ShadowJonathan @nepi you boost good posts (among others
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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.
@nepi can even ask questions on here & get answers from people who know
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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.
@nepi screaming into the void vs screaming knowing that about a double digit number of people see it and sigh
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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.
@nepi “you’re just preaching to the choir” but preaching to the choir is important.
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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.
@nepi *THIS!*
Granted, even if someone wants to market on the Fediverse, there are tools like #FediSuite for all those that want genuine interaction with a community and not merely posting #ads…
- Needless to say people here want *real interaction* and not merely posts that won't get replied upon when someone asks questions…