In a recent comparison of engagement around a Leave
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In my view, there are some aspects to mention:
1) By the time of Dilma's coup in 2016, we had a significant migration from Twitter, specially among digital culture activists. I've managed a Mastodon instance (ecodigital.social), and many colleagues and friends were invited to participate, but we were not ready to understand what was at stake at the time. I believe many who had that experience think Mastodon has already failed, and don't deserve another chance, then Bluesky.
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@josemurilo how did mastodon fail them?
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@ultrazool @okfn I think you read misread it. It's written @okbr
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@Tamtam @everton137
I struggle with that as well. I came here for art, but I do like to sometimes discuss politics of all kinds, but have the feeling most people either don't care that much or have no idea what to say
Or maybe I still don't understand posting that well.
@t_robinart Hashtags can help very much or fedigroups! It was the way I found people for my interests. Help: https://fedi.tips
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@nitrml @everton137
I think that is a huge, if not the biggest, factor. Mastodon solely relies on your interaction with visibility through hastags and followers. And also the instance you are on. Mine is heavily moderated to create a safe space for certain people, so a lot of people are on mute or blocked. But even if they weren't, I think it depends on how much you understand to get engagement. -
@t_robinart Hashtags can help very much or fedigroups! It was the way I found people for my interests. Help: https://fedi.tips
For politics e.g. you take the letters for a country with "pol" like USPol or you look for politics.@NatureMC
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@josemurilo how did mastodon fail them?
I don't think Mastodon failed them. We came in 2016 trying to emulate the twitter experience we were addicted to at the time, and that was not available without the centralized algorithm.
I can say that, "among the crowd" (which is to say the relatively small group of digital activists) from the 00's in Brazil, Mastodon then became a symbol of failure (in becoming a Twitter substitute).
But as we all know now, the Fediverse is something different, for good.
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In a recent comparison of engagement around a Leave.X campaign post,[1] someone pointed out that a female journalist who is active in the feminist movement and critical of Big Tech had a very different experience than others.
The Mastodon post was shared twice, while the Bluesky version was shared over 200 times and received significantly more interactions. This raises questions about tech-savvy spaces like Mastodon and how they reflect broader societal issues.
For women on Mastodon:
Do you feel that the patriarchal dynamics and male behavior in this space, which is still largely dominated by white men, make it harder for women to participate?
#Mastodon #Diversity #Fediversity #Fediverse #Feminism #BlueSky #Inclusion
@everton137 On Mastodon we ignore idiots.
