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   Mastodon Migration (mastodonmigration@mastodon.online)'s status on Saturday, 11-Feb-2023 02:45:34 JST Mastodon Migration

   • Taylor Lorenz

   So this is interesting...

   Washington Post report Taylor Lorenz @taylorlorenz, who is famous in these circles for being banned from Twitter, then reinstated after much outcry, has conducted an experiment to determine if view counts on Twitter are legitimate.

   Surprise, she presents proof that they are not, as shown in the Tweet screenshot below.

   Many stay on Twitter because they believe that their "engagement" is higher, but now it seems like they can not trust the numbers.

   #twittermigration

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     Futurist Jim Carroll (jimcarroll@futurist.info)'s status on Saturday, 11-Feb-2023 02:45:34 JST Futurist Jim Carroll

     in reply to

     • Taylor Lorenz
     • Analytodon

     @mastodonmigration @taylorlorenz Oh look!

     Mastodon data! Via @analytodon

     It's only beginning to populate for me since I signed up two days ago, but it's rather interesting.

     (APIs are goodness)

     cc @taylorlorenz

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     Futurist Jim Carroll (jimcarroll@futurist.info)'s status on Saturday, 11-Feb-2023 05:47:18 JST Futurist Jim Carroll

     in reply to

     • Taylor Lorenz
     • Tamar Yellin
     • Analytodon

     @TamarYellin @mastodonmigration @taylorlorenz @analytodon

     A cursory review indicates .. precisely.

     I imagine it just grabs them from the post itself. It uses the Mastodon API to grab post and other information.

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     Tamar Yellin (tamaryellin@mastodon.world)'s status on Saturday, 11-Feb-2023 05:47:19 JST Tamar Yellin

     in reply to

     • Taylor Lorenz
     • Futurist Jim Carroll
     • Analytodon

     @jimcarroll @mastodonmigration @taylorlorenz @analytodon And do these numbers jive with the boosts/replies/favorites on the post itself?