RT @mentalsnapshot@twitter.com
Speaking from experience:
just because something is "not ready for production"
DOES NOT MEAN it doesn't get shoved into production anyway 🤪 https://twitter.com/mariatta/status/1405225985159487492
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/mentalsnapshot/status/1589131616387215361
@mariatta I'm also a newcomer to this platform but apparently auto-crossposting retweets here is a no-no.
Here's what the Mastodon CEO says: https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/101358065389476109
Here's an article about the nuance: https://matthiasott.com/notes/syndicating-posts-personal-website-twitter-mastodon
Here's a great Mastodon primer that advises against crossposting entirely: https://blog.djnavarro.net/posts/2022-11-03_what-i-know-about-mastodon/#etiquette-on-cross-posting-from-twitter
@ambv @mariatta but that also means that there will be less quality content on here. Many I’m sure are still focusing mostly on Twitter, so cross-posting primary posts (not RTs), particularly if they don’t have Twitter-specific references should be OK
I realise that those who’ve been here long will resent this, but it’s the price to pay for becoming a little more popular, I guess
@s_gruppetta @mariatta you do you, my personal plan is to try to learn what people already here like and expect.
Mastodon sure looks like Twitter from a bird's eye view (pun not intended) but its philosophy is quite different as its not run as an ad-based algorithmic dopamine catalyst. I'm curious as to how this difference impacts the user experience.
@s_gruppetta @mariatta I specifically mention retweets, which are particularly problematic, and I specifically don't voice my own opinion but relay what the existing users of Mastodon expect. I'm not a good target to try to bargain with about this.
Retweets are particularly bad because they are cut to 140 characters in the Twitter API and so have to include a link on Mastodon to literally drive you away. And the at-names in the retweet are all wrong. Ergo, it's low-quality content.
@ambv @mariatta PS: I realise your comment was about an RT with Twitter handles, but the links go on to discourage any cross-posting. I understand that the _platform_ will prefer that. But is it the right thing for the _people_ on the platform?