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.
@evan When Elmo first started attacking Twitter, I wrote this. Here’s an #analysis about how #socialmedia #algorithm changes our perception of the world: It replaces functions that are largely unconscious, hence we easily fail to notice we change, too.