Comment by BeetleB
2 hours ago
> Social media doesn't work for this because if someone subscribes to a content creator on X / Twitter, they most likely won't see most of the creator's posts. Instead, the algorithm will show them cat memes and other on-platform engagement bait.
That's an X/Twitter/Facebook problem, not a social media problem. If you're on Mastodon, you'll see all of them.
> Mastodon, you'll see all of them.
Alone... look, I want Mastodon to be successful, but revealed preferences don't lie. Mastodon MAU is about 0.1% that of Twitter, down more than 60% from the peak.
The number of people you want to follow is much smaller than that 0.1%.
Granted, not everyone I want to follow is on Mastodon, but many, many people I do want to follow are. More than I have time to follow.
Ultimately, the constraint is my time - not the percentage of folks using Mastodon.
(And there's also the bridge with BlueSky, but it requires the BlueSky account to actively consent to the bridge).