this post was submitted on 16 Aug 2023
234 points (95.0% liked)
Technology
59377 readers
4340 users here now
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
Our Rules
- Follow the lemmy.world rules.
- Only tech related content.
- Be excellent to each another!
- Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
- Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
- Politics threads may be removed.
- No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
- Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
- Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
Approved Bots
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
People have invested a lot into Twitter. They've built social networks there, they have brands or client bases for people who make money and it's also just where most people are. Leaving means giving up most of what they need or want Twitter for. It's a captive audience
Yeah, it’s the same problem for people who rely on exposure to get business. Artists, for example, are pretty much locked into Twitter. Because they rely on a large user base for their work to be seen and spread. And switching to another site (even if it has better quality of life) isn’t feasible if the massive user base doesn’t already exist there.
It’s not infeasible to post the same comments or media to multiple sites
And that's exactly what needs to happen. Organizations post to both and get the benefits of both. Even better, it allows for better segmentation of user types. Lemmy and Mastodon users tend towards a different demographics by self selection with no privacy infringements needed. The same applies to the classic differences between Twitter and Facebook.
Twitter really isn't where most artists have their followings, though. Instagram is much better suited for it.
That depends on the kind of art you do. The more "lucrative" kinds of art is not allowed on Instagram.