I recently spent 25h playing Borderlands (2009) again because I thought I never finished it, until I reached the final boss and it finally remembered I already beat it before. 😭
Don't get me wrong, it's a good game, but I have such a big video game backlog that replaying a game for the wrong reason feels quite painful.
Der Marek mag das.
Elena Rossini ⁂
Als Antwort auf Elena Rossini ⁂ • • •2.
When one of your posts goes big, you are inundated with comments by strangers - super smart comments here on the Fediverse - and it’s so hard to reply to everyone…
I’m still playing catch-up.
This is frustrating and it makes you feel guilty - because a stranger took the time to write a long, thoughtful response to something you had posted.
You feel rude… and the constant steam of new comments makes the task of replying Sisyphean.
(Cont’)
Elena Rossini ⁂
Als Antwort auf Elena Rossini ⁂ • • •3.
I never had that problem before and I have a newfound appreciation for toots that “stay small” - because you can genuinely engage with others that way.
I have been learning so much on the Fediverse thanks to the generosity of others… and I’ve enjoyed getting to know many of you here.
These kinds of genuine interactions are impossible when you have an avalanche of comments coming at you every few minutes.
(Cont’)
Elena Rossini ⁂
Als Antwort auf Elena Rossini ⁂ • • •4/4
So ✨ small is beautiful ✨ and those who complained to me yesterday that they saw little engagement: that can be a good thing! You can build real friendships that way. Organically.
So, to conclude: visibility is a privilege that I am grateful for, but there’s real value in staying small, too, because you can build beautiful relationships that way — without all the noise
Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦
Als Antwort auf Elena Rossini ⁂ • • •thank you for this thread. Having had a few high-popularity toots myself, this matches my experience well.
When my follower count reached a certain level I've noticed that when I respond in a thread, especially a thread that happens to be controversial and polarizing, that might bring a bunch other people to also reply – potentially leading to a pile-on of sorts.
So I switched my default post visibility to "Quiet public". That helped a lot, and felt like the responsible thing to do.
Anders Thoresson
Als Antwort auf Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦 • • •CritteRo 🇪🇺
Als Antwort auf Anders Thoresson • • •Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦
Als Antwort auf CritteRo 🇪🇺 • • •exactly.
In other words, if someone is following you, but is not mentioned in your reply, they won't get that reply in their home timeline.
There is one exception, I believe, which is when they are following both you and the author of the toot you are responding to. Then it will pop in their timeline, apparently.
@anders @_elena @ivory
Anders Thoresson
Als Antwort auf Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦 • • •@rysiek But they will see it in the thread, while Mentioned only is for mentioned only?
Good to know!
@crittero @_elena @ivory
trystimuli
Als Antwort auf Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦 • • •Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦
Als Antwort auf trystimuli • • •@tryst oh, interesting!
Thank you for this info. I do see less pile-ons after my replies when I use Quiet public, but I might just switch to Followers-only for replies if that is the case.
@_elena @crittero @ivory @anders
ploum
Als Antwort auf Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦 • • •@rysiek : having myself quite a few viral toots (with one having more than 2500 reshares), I must add something about virality:
It disappears as quickly as it appeared. And, in 99,9% of the cases, that doesn’t change anything in your life (except making you thirsty for more virality if you are that kind of person).
Ok, I must make a strong exception for the viral tweet (10k retweets) that allowed me to meet my wife
Jens Finkhäuser
Als Antwort auf Elena Rossini ⁂ • • •just small circles 🕊
Als Antwort auf Elena Rossini ⁂ • • •there's one big difference.
On the fediverse social network when a gentle well-behaved #fedizen sees their post going viral means they know they have a duty and a freaking day job to politely handle all the insightful replies that they got.
To reasonable extent, of course. I had to throw the towel in the ring the other day: social.coop/@smallcircles/1135…
On corporate social media where influencers fire-and-forget their content strikes, going viral refers to mass infection and bio warfare.
smallcircles (Humanity Now 🕊) (@smallcircles@social.coop)
social.coopOuti 🦊🌱🌍🌈
Als Antwort auf Elena Rossini ⁂ • • •Meznor 🇨🇦🇮🇹🇪🇺
Als Antwort auf Elena Rossini ⁂ • • •I love this.
Social media companies created a market for creators to depend on their platforms and the platform model effect to make money. Going viral serves the purpose of enrichment, not real engagement.
Fediverse seems to be more about serving a different purpose, which is to connect and engage with people in meaningful ways. this is the reason I loved early twitter and fell out of love with it once the algorithms took over.
Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦
Unbekannter Ursprungsbeitrag • • •sure thing.
Just to be clear, when I post my own toot, not as a reply, I switch it manually to Public.
But having a "safe default" setting in the form of "Quiet public" removes a potentially pile-on-inducing foot gun when I reply. 😉