https://absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2023/08/20/how-is-science-twitters-mastodon-migration-panning-out/
“Thousands of scientists are cutting back on Twitter, seeding angst and uncertainty.” And Mastodon was the most common destination if they opened…
I have used the exact sentence “broadcasting into the abyss” hahaha. It feels to me that everything is short lived and context-less
😂 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.