@TheBreadmonkey Alternatively, it’s like telling a joke to a crowded pub and one person kind of half-smirking.

@TheBreadmonkey I only count marriage proposals as engagement

PLEASE NOTE - I do realise this isn't how everyone views social media and that value based on volume engagement (rather than the quality of engagement) is a sickness and not real. I just always think it's interesting that years of Facebook then Twitter with limited engagement outside of my little circle of people..... and then Fedi where it's a vast rich community of funny and interesting gorgeous geniuses. Then seeing jokes about engagement (which I myself have made) - particularly for newer people - just thought it was an interesting way to frame it. X

@TheBreadmonkey this is an epic reframe. I hereby anoint you honorary psychologist. Where's my sword?

@TheBreadmonkey There's also the quality of attention:

Going demi-viral (200-600 likes) on Twitter? A terrible, nightmarish ordeal, you're swamped with people hating you just because, terrible thirst messaging, people misinterpreting everything in the worst way possible, The Fear of someone making you the main character of the day...

Going viral on Mastodon/Fediverse (100-1k likes): Hundreds of people just politely enjoying your message, people having thoughtful conversations around or on topic in your mentions, exactly no more than five people being weird or unpleasant and in an easily ignored way!

@TheBreadmonkey how many of the active facebook users are bot accounts?