Twitter is by far the larger platform, small independent creators have to work to promote their game on every platform they can if they want to. The moral high ground of not using undesirable social media sites is nice, but isn’t fair to people who are partially dependent on those platforms to make a living.
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dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 4 days ago
Why is he still using Twitter? Does he want a bunch of Nazis replying to him?
Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 4 days ago
damnedfurry@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Also, the simple fact is that there is no reason that any entity promoting their product has to choose any of these platforms over the other–you can just post to all of them, every single one that has enough users to be worth posting to.
Cornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.world 4 days ago
I’ve seen several small creators say they get 10 times the engagement on Bluesky. It’s becoming clear that X’s numbers are mostly illusory at this point.
nasi_goreng@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
Twitter can reach various community from variety of region, like English Asia Twitter.
Entire fediverse is still mostly Western community.
bassomitron@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Because, unfortunately, millions of people still use it. If you’re selling a product, it’s in your best interest to have as much social media presence as possible.
LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
Nah. You either do the right thing and lose a little exposure or you stick with it and accept that you’re a part of Elon Musk’s political machine.
Blue Sky is a perfectly viable alternative. Hell half the podcast I listen to now rattle off their blue sky now instead of Twitter. The seas are shifting and there is plenty to gain over there. Leave Twitter. Blue Sky is not perfect by any stretch but it’s a hell of a lot better.
essteeyou@lemmy.world 4 days ago
If you’ve ever made a thing that took so much time that it has to be your job, and earn you money, you’d likely have a different view. If you’re ignoring a percentage of your target market because they’re on a platform you don’t like, then your project might fail, and you don’t get to keep your house.
LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
Plenty of people make plenty of money and have plenty good careers without ever making a twitter account.
Sometimes doing the right thing is hard. Twitter became worth leaving a long time ago but anyone who is still on after the changes over the last 6-9 months just doesn’t value their time enough. It’s a self-respect issue.
There are very few people/businesses/things that will fail simply because they leave twitter. And let’s also not fail to realize that if your life or livelihood depends on Twitter to succeed, you are tied to a really sick horse and one day you’re just going to fail. You better look for second option stat. But again, there are very few people who absolutely depend on Twitter in the first place.
dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 4 days ago
Well, if more presence is good, then surely he must have a Mastodon account, which should rightly be linked in his Twitter bio. Why didn’t OP just follow that link to find the post on Mastodon and post a Mastodon screenshot to help in the effort to make Twitter lose relevance? That’s what would happen if everyone was behaving sensibly.
Drag recognises that most people don’t behave sensibly, because they don’t think about the big issues. That’s why people need to be told that they’re making unwise choices.