I am slowly remembering all the things I did to build up 20K on Twitter -- it took work over time.
@sdenike @kin Yeah, it's MUCH slower here on Mastodon. During the great twitter migration of 2020, my follower count soared. It's now slowed down considerably, clearly tied to how popular any particular post is.
I actually don't mind as it feels like real people are following me. I fully expected 50% of my 28K on Twitter were bots/dead accounts...
@scottjenson @kin Makes sense, when I first came over here I saw an influx but it has certainly slowed down outside of a few random posts that get traction and followers.
The Twitter numbers were inflated for sure, I went from 5k then soared to over 20k as well ... then one of the first bot/spam purges it dropped me down to 10k... and then again down to the just over 4k I am at now over there.
The only perk of more followers is that you dont end up looking like a spammer or bot I feel.
@sdenike @scottjenson I am just thankful to be off Twitter and happy to ride the waves on Mastodon, Blue Sky, and even threads .
