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1. Moon (moon@shitposter.club)'s status on Friday, 15-Mar-2024 04:10:33 JST Moon
   I don't know how to articulate it but the Fediverse does have limitations for self-promotion compared to e.g. Twitter. I need to sit down sometime and think through how to articulate it clearly.
   • cool_boy_mew (coolboymew@shitposter.club)'s status on Friday, 15-Mar-2024 04:10:32 JST cool_boy_mew

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     @Moon Hmm? I mean, it's pretty obvious that reaches are limited, the platform isn't built for that (also no ads), it's fragmented and everyone here is pretty savvy, you can't promote bullshit easily
   • Moon (moon@shitposter.club)'s status on Friday, 15-Mar-2024 04:16:18 JST Moon

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     • cool_boy_mew
     @coolboymew yeah I mean I want to get down into the details on how the design doesn't work for creators.
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   • cool_boy_mew (coolboymew@shitposter.club)'s status on Friday, 15-Mar-2024 04:17:26 JST cool_boy_mew

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     @Moon The thing is, unless you're big, or paying, Twitter ain't all that any better unless your thing is actually popular art
     
     If you have actual products to sell, that's gonna be tough luck on Twitter
   • vertka (vertka@suya.place)'s status on Friday, 15-Mar-2024 04:20:42 JST vertka

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     • cool_boy_mew
     @coolboymew @Moon most people I've met in chats have told me that they don't like Mastodon (oh yeah, it's the only Fediverse website, right) because it's fragmented - yes. They prefer something centralized more, and I don't know why. Maybe it's because they care about branding so much that no one looks at them like a freak when they say what they use.
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   • Weeble (weeble@bungle.online)'s status on Friday, 15-Mar-2024 04:24:43 JST Weeble

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     • cool_boy_mew

     @coolboymew@shitposter.club @Moon@shitposter.club How far your promo reaches is dependent on how well your instance is federates.
     
     Which isn't an automatic thing so you have to constantly be following new people and keep up with new and dying instances. Many instances wont see your entire account either and only a couple of posts that happen to federate after.
     
     Adding the possibility of getting blocked also makes things complicated.
     
     Even if you do happen to federate with or be on an instance with a million users, many instances don't have a working search so it'd be hard for ppl who WANT your content to find it.
     
     All of these factors just compound on the fact that most ppl on fedi are tech nerds, political extremist, and coomers. Meaning they're on fedi cuz they don't like advertising or because it's not profitable to advertise to them

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