Every time I log in here, I share some funny thought or news about my life and get dead silence. And then get discouraged and drift away again.
Today I shared my experience of a design fault with Mastodon and I've got more replies than I've ever had before.
So people on here CAN read what I write, they just choose not to engage most of the time???
@griffinkate It can depend on the mood and the time of day, I think. With an influx on, there are more people active than usual and there’s more interest in Mastodon design and meta
@ghost_bird I'm sure you're right. It was just a very noticeable change after being on here on and off for years!
@griffinkate I doesn’t help you feel seen or encouraged, yes. Sympathy
@ghost_bird Thank you!
@griffinkate I'm mostly a lurker on twitter as well tbh. Also not totally sure I know how Mastodon works, so trying a reply now.
@grog72uk Just confirming I've totally seen your reply! Welcome!
@griffinkate Maybe it's partly a timezones thing? I am yet still not super sure how to use hashtags but I was and am still nyah about these things over on the bird, too.
@commandelicious Maybe! But I actually think it's a combination of a) posting about a thing people feel comfortable weighing in on
b) way more people actively on here than normal because of what's going on with birdsite.
@griffinkate Welcome to "social" media. On The Birds site, my average post is seen by 30~40 people (according to the site's own analytics, anyway), and will receive 2~4 "likes."
@Walkyrjenny Oh dear. I think I'm just used to getting lots of interaction on birdsite (because I have like 10 times the followers) and it's so often more tempting to drift back there than try to build community here.
@griffinkate As Humans, we can only keep track of about 120 friends / friendly acquaintances before our minds give up. The trick is finding people who will actually interact, whether in meatspace or the intarwebs.
@Walkyrjenny Yeah, I've heard this theory before (but the number was 150). I think social media is slightly different because higher numbers increase your chances of someone actually seeing a post at any given time.