Little Details is open open open
Jun. 26th, 2023 07:06 amI held off on posting about this AGAIN, because if you're interested you're probably already subscribed and have seen the posts, but: Little Details is open!
I'm really hoping we can build enough of a critical mass to keep the community going. It's going to be tough because Dreamwidth is a smaller platform, but my fingers are crossed. If you're so inclined, I'd appreciate you passing its existence along to your reading list.
The idea is to post to![[site community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/comm_staff.png)
dw_community_promo soon. I was hoping to get a couple more questions before then to show off the community, but I might have that backwards.
Also, man, I ran straight into an illustration of why I dislike large algorithmic platforms while trying to promote it.
I made two very similar posts: One to Twitter, one to Mastodon.
I have a very small following on both. On Twitter, I've noticed that since the introduction of Twitter Blue, my tweets get very few views - much fewer than before, even though my follower count hasn't changed. People who used to respond to my tweets, who are still active on Twitter, no longer do. I suspect that since I'm a very small account, my tweets don't show up on people's "For you" page, which Twitter aggressively tries to make you view by default. My post about Little Details got no engagement at all.
On Mastodon, I've gotten more than 200+ boosts and 100+ favorites. A few people saw the post, and because they liked the idea, they boosted it, and it snowballed from there.
I have no idea how much of that will translate into activity, but it's promising that the idea seems so popular still.
I'm really hoping we can build enough of a critical mass to keep the community going. It's going to be tough because Dreamwidth is a smaller platform, but my fingers are crossed. If you're so inclined, I'd appreciate you passing its existence along to your reading list.
The idea is to post to
dw_community_promo soon. I was hoping to get a couple more questions before then to show off the community, but I might have that backwards.Also, man, I ran straight into an illustration of why I dislike large algorithmic platforms while trying to promote it.
I made two very similar posts: One to Twitter, one to Mastodon.
I have a very small following on both. On Twitter, I've noticed that since the introduction of Twitter Blue, my tweets get very few views - much fewer than before, even though my follower count hasn't changed. People who used to respond to my tweets, who are still active on Twitter, no longer do. I suspect that since I'm a very small account, my tweets don't show up on people's "For you" page, which Twitter aggressively tries to make you view by default. My post about Little Details got no engagement at all.
On Mastodon, I've gotten more than 200+ boosts and 100+ favorites. A few people saw the post, and because they liked the idea, they boosted it, and it snowballed from there.
I have no idea how much of that will translate into activity, but it's promising that the idea seems so popular still.
