“Thousands of scientists are cutting back on Twitter, seeding angst and uncertainty.” And Mastodon was the most common destination if they opened…
  • @CamilleMellomEnglish
    10•10 months ago

    I have no idea how use mastodon effectively :/. Lenny has the advantage of article + discussion so there is a topic to follow. Mastodon/Twitter has always been too chaotic for me. Any advice on how to make it worth it and not just a massive mess x)?

    • SalamanderMA
      6•10 months ago

      Twitter is chaotic for me too. Maybe I just didn’t give it the time to learn how to use it properly, but when someone links me to a thread there I find it difficult to figure out who is responding to who and the chronology 😅 Broadcasting things into the abyss is not my favorite communication style, I prefer this more conversational format.

      Also, I know that Mastodon has its reasons for not enabling search, but I think my mastodon experience would be a lot better if I could search…

      • @funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works
        4•10 months ago

        I had, in my heyday, 10k+ followers and approx 100 likes per tweet

        it’s the “social” of social media. you find a circle of people and you all like and retweet each other, converse, make DM rooms and build a community.

        or you’re rich and famous or are retweeted by people who are.

        • SalamanderMA
          2•10 months ago

          Thanks, that adds some perspective. I didn’t know you could make DM rooms!

      • @CamilleMellomEnglish
        3•10 months ago

        I have used the exact sentence “broadcasting into the abyss” hahaha. It feels to me that everything is short lived and context-less

        • SalamanderMA
          2•10 months ago

          😂 It is what it feels like.

          @funkless_eck mentioned in the other comment that it is a nice social experience when you build a follower base and a community to speak with each other.

          But I am a very chaotic person that is interested in many different things, and so I create lots of accounts for each site to try to keep things compartmentalized. Like, lots of accounts.

          So a site that relies on the development of a specific account to deliver a good experience is not alluring to my personality. I want to be able to jump right in with an anonymous account and participate. When I post something with a new account to twitter, I have no followers, and so that’s why I’m literally broadcasting into the abyss.