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   Evan Prodromou (evan@prodromou.pub)'s status on Sunday, 25-Dec-2022 08:43:04 JST Evan Prodromou

   My response rates for polls on Twitter were 1-2%.

   On Mastodon, it's 15-20%.

   Twitter and Facebook throttle our natural engagement with our friends and family and colleagues.

   They do it so brands will buy ads to reach people who already follow them.

   I didn't realise how pronounced the effect is.

   I'm angry.

   For years, my connection with the people I care about has been diminished, intentionally, to support a losing advertising scheme.

   I want that time with my friends and family back.

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@prodromou.pub)'s status on Sunday, 25-Dec-2022 09:03:42 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • William Heber Percy

     @wilpercy I learn from them and think hard about them. I don't really have a lot of other things to do with them.

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     William Heber Percy (wilpercy@mstdn.social)'s status on Sunday, 25-Dec-2022 09:03:43 JST William Heber Percy

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     @evan what do you do with your poll results, apart from sharing them here?

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@prodromou.pub)'s status on Sunday, 25-Dec-2022 15:55:18 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • Jon Udell

     @judell I just wish I'd known how great it could be.

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     Jon Udell (judell@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 25-Dec-2022 15:55:19 JST Jon Udell

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     @evan We were the proverbial frogs in slowly-boiling water.

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@prodromou.pub)'s status on Sunday, 25-Dec-2022 16:00:09 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • John Allsopp

     @johnallsopp agreed!

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     John Allsopp (johnallsopp@indieweb.social)'s status on Sunday, 25-Dec-2022 16:00:12 JST John Allsopp

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     @evan this is my early experience too. Plus the engagement just feels more pleasant overall? Long may that last.

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@prodromou.pub)'s status on Sunday, 25-Dec-2022 16:08:49 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • Andrew

     @cinebox I count the number of responses and divide by my number of followers.

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     Andrew (cinebox@hackers.town)'s status on Sunday, 25-Dec-2022 16:08:50 JST Andrew

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     @evan Im curious how you're measuring response rate on mastodon

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@prodromou.pub)'s status on Sunday, 25-Dec-2022 17:57:28 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • Jim

     @toyotabedzrock people can pay for their servers.

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     Jim (toyotabedzrock@mastodon.world)'s status on Sunday, 25-Dec-2022 17:57:29 JST Jim

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     @evan Mastodon isn't viable if they don't start running ads. The server cost is massive.

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@prodromou.pub)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Dec-2022 00:16:38 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • Maria Langer | 📝 🎬 ⚒️🛥️

     @mlanger I'm talking about other people seeing my stuff and engaging with it. Me turning off Top Tweets doesn't help with that.

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     Maria Langer | 📝 🎬 ⚒️🛥️ (mlanger@mastodon.world)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Dec-2022 00:16:39 JST Maria Langer | 📝 🎬 ⚒️🛥️

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     @evan

     Top tweets. That’s the algorithm. You have the power to turn it off.??♀️

     No relief on Facebook, though.

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@prodromou.pub)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Dec-2022 10:19:15 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • Anne-Marie de Jong

     @ABtj60 yes, it comes as a surprise.

     I didn't have an unmodified social network to compare against, so I didn't know to what extent algorithmic feed manipulation was interfering in my social life.

     I thought a 10x difference was pretty striking.

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     Anne-Marie de Jong (abtj60@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Dec-2022 10:19:16 JST Anne-Marie de Jong

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     @evan
     I’m sorry but that really came as a surprise?
     And when, overnight?
     Everything has a price.
     On the so called ‘free’ social media you don’t pay with your time, looking at adds, you pay with you data. Thy rake in wat ever they can lay there hands on.

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@prodromou.pub)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Dec-2022 11:50:51 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • Anne-Marie de Jong

     @ABtj60 not kidding, no.

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     Anne-Marie de Jong (abtj60@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Dec-2022 11:50:52 JST Anne-Marie de Jong

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     @evan
     You’re not kidding?
     I’ve seen your bio.