• Dee
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    61 year ago

    As somebody who produces content (with a full time job so not as often as I like) it’s so much harder to get engagement on mastodon without the algorithm tbh. I’m trying to get my name out there but engagement is slim to none compared to say, Instagram. I’m not on Twitter but both BlueSky and Mastodon have been a struggle. I don’t see myself devoting too much energy into them as far as posting content goes tbh.

    • Sir Gareth
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      31 year ago

      I’m sorry but that’s because you are treating Mastodon like an advertising platform, not a social network.

      engagement is slim to none compared to say, Instagram

      This is because Instagram is an ad platform with social features.

      • Dee
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        41 year ago

        I’m fully aware of that thanks, I was responding to:

        The moment you get actual content creators to move off twitter and provide their content on mastodon, I’m deleting it too.

        And saying from the perspective of a content creator, that’s an issue that’s hard to overlook. So mastodon won’t get to that point of having all the content creators if there isn’t something to help them share their content. I don’t know what the solution would be, maybe a separate feed with an algorithm that people can switch to if they want.