Post by @jayrosen_nyu@mastodon.social

2022-11-13 16:55 UTC

Most common reactions to my "little comparison" of sharing and favoriting on Twitter vs. Mastodon using a typical post from both feeds. * I did the same comparison and got the same results * Absence of an algorithm on Mostodon explains the results you got * Different stages of growth at Mastodon vs Twitter explain the results * You're overlooking the anti-viral features built into Mastodon * This comparison is meaningless because [many different reasons...] * This is not a surprise [perennial]

Replies (13)

@brianleechphd@mastodon.social 2022-11-13 16:57

@jayrosen_nyu@mastodon.social I’d like to express all of those contradictory common reactions at the same time.

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@ianhillmedia@journa.host 2022-11-13 16:58

@jayrosen_nyu@mastodon.social These things all seem to be true.

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@fheinderyckx@mastodon.social 2022-11-13 17:02

@jayrosen_nyu@mastodon.social I'd guess the last 3 sets of comments came mostly from users on the birdsite (characteristicly caustic), and the others (more constructive) from the Mastodon side. But I'm just speculating, obviously.

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@annadreamshard@aus.social 2022-11-13 17:05

@jayrosen_nyu@mastodon.social I am engaging more on Mastodon since it feels safer and since it feels like people are more interested. I follow a lot of pro-democracy advocates who are important/famous, so I didn’t feel like I mattered (and still feel awkward about taking up space even on Mastodon). Appreciate your insights. Thanks!

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@msignorile@mstdn.social 2022-11-13 17:10

@jayrosen_nyu@mastodon.social very interesting. there's something to all of them.

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@phrees@mastodon.social 2022-11-13 17:27

@jayrosen_nyu@mastodon.social I'm surprised nobody posted, "You brought your most active followers to an environment with less noise."

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@ToddWalker@mastodon.social 2022-11-13 17:52

@jayrosen_nyu@mastodon.social sounds like typical responses to corporate research, particularly “we’re data-driven”. Generating data is easy, but hardly anyone is trained in analysis

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@tsvenson@mastodon.online 2022-11-13 18:22

@jayrosen_nyu@mastodon.social Reasonable list. I also think the novelty of Mastodon should be on the list. It is a new thing for us to learn how it works, even though it looks similar to Twitter

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@ia@mastodon.online 2022-11-13 19:14

@jayrosen_nyu@mastodon.social We see a similar effect on our account. The official follower numbers are much smaller on Mastodon but the actual effect is comparable. Meaning: a lot of followers on Twitter are either inactive or don't see our Tweets. If you forget the follower number and just look at the effect, Mastodon has a chance to overtake Twitter much sooner than expected.

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@TimFedak@fediscience.org 2022-11-13 20:37

@jayrosen_nyu@mastodon.social - my very early days of exploring Mastodon, but I do note the absence of analytics, of posts or accounts. I would guess this is because of the absence of ads and reduced need to document reach?

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@YourNeighbor57@mastodon.sdf.org 2022-11-13 21:26

@jayrosen_nyu@mastodon.social So just like Twitter 😉

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@jeffjarvis@mastodon.social 2022-11-14 01:50

@jayrosen_nyu@mastodon.social https://twitter.com/jeffjarvis/status/1591115303576297472

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@KatyTexasCowboy@masto.ai 2022-11-17 08:11

@jayrosen_nyu@mastodon.social Pressthink seems a bit new speak Big brother

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