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RE: https://mastodon.social/@randahl/117197170740352177
We Mastodon users have done it again!
After 10,000 views of my latest video, the stats show that the external viewers arrive from
Mastodon 50 %
Facebook 6 %
Bluesky 2 %
Threads 0.4 %
When there is an algorithm, corporations decide whether posts with links to competing platforms like YouTube are visible to other users.
When there is no algorithm, we the users decide what is boosted.
Choose Mastodon! ♥️🐘
@randahl Nice!
Can you tell us about the ~40% - what's in there? Referals from a blog or newsletter, something like that?
@randahl
This led me to watch other videos by you.
Small annotation:
I'd like to see antisemitic and other vile imaging - even if historic - to be de-valued fir clipping/citatlon by a semi-transparent "antisemitic" banner across the imaging. This came to my mind while watching "Why Trump's regime will fail".
Use this information at your descretion. I just wanted to voice my unease seenig the images with only audio context. I fear abuse.
sorry i went to your youtube profile in a new tab, i didn't click the link. i screwed up the stats 🤭
@randahl Bluesky is mostly bots trying to promote capitalist techbros now.
algos decide among all posts but this is good evidence that they don't like links to competitors. it has to be possible to build a movement among creators to embrace social media where there's no corporate gatekeepers or advertisers to struggle against for attention.
@randahl
Probably another 40% from Mastodon users who have blocked trackers… 😄
@randahl
We are the algorithm.
@randahl , it also helps that you make very good videos
I guess there's something refreshing about relying on good old-fashioned word of mouth instead of algorithms.
@randahl Step two: Host it at peertube 😉
Interesting to see such a low throughput from a supposedly open, left-leaning network as is Bluesky... Meta would obviously be a hard sell, with their embedded filtering.
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