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How Is Science Twitter's "Mastodon Migration" Panning Out? - Absolutely Maybe (absolutelymaybe.plos.org)

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[–] CamilleMellom@mander.xyz 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have used the exact sentence “broadcasting into the abyss” hahaha. It feels to me that everything is short lived and context-less

[–] Sal@mander.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

😂 It is what it feels like.

@funkless_eck mentioned in the other comment that it is a nice social experience when you build a follower base and a community to speak with each other.

But I am a very chaotic person that is interested in many different things, and so I create lots of accounts for each site to try to keep things compartmentalized. Like, lots of accounts.

So a site that relies on the development of a specific account to deliver a good experience is not alluring to my personality. I want to be able to jump right in with an anonymous account and participate. When I post something with a new account to twitter, I have no followers, and so that's why I'm literally broadcasting into the abyss.