@PatrickKay A good number of the better (or at least more amusing) posters with large followings are on Threads, so I peek in to see what they're up to (see my too many shared posts), and sometimes throw in a comment or two. The music side is overrun with engagement farming, and the algorithm is the pits, so it's frustrating for anything more than a glance over now and again.
Had to Google engagement farming. I’m always astonished folks need multiple SM accounts.
I spend too much time on one.
What is missing on CoSo that drives this need to be everywhere?
@LnzyHou @t_heislen @PatrickKay
If you really need the dopamine hits from likes and reposts CoSo is not going to do it in similar volume of the big sites. And there’s ‘big name’ interactions.
That is both objective observation and subjective experience.
@CanisPundit @t_heislen @PatrickKay
Alarmingly so. I’m often astounded by my risks of self revelation on CoSo. Sometimes knowing I may be attacked, spanked or derided.
But I’m the Queen of the Tools.
@LnzyHou @CanisPundit @t_heislen This is the one platform that I'm not entirely worried about sharing personal things. I don't know if I have ever shown my face on the dying bird, and def have not on the new blue, etc. Hehehe.
Here feels safe because it is safe, and it can be even safer when utilizing the tools, etc.
😎☕
@CanisPundit @LnzyHou @t_heislen @PatrickKay
I have a core group of "Never Trump" originals from 2016. We are really close and meet up outside social media. We squabble like family. I'm having a hard time letting any of them go.There's almost 1,000 of us and everyone moved to blusky so I'm there temporarily and pretty much only talk to them. We have each other's phone and addresses..it's weird I guess but we all cut from the gop in '16 and "were not going back" we donate, work elections - 🤦♀️🤷♀️
@Cachobweeney @CanisPundit @t_heislen @PatrickKay
I,000 friends with whom you socialize. Amazing.
@LnzyHou @CanisPundit @t_heislen @PatrickKay I've really never told anyone about it. A couple people have died in the group and it actually made the rest of us closer. Not everyone went to Blu so we're going to lose some folks. Maybe only 200 over there right now so dividing us up probably worked.
@LnzyHou @CanisPundit @t_heislen @PatrickKay ~some closer than others.
@CanisPundit @LnzyHou @t_heislen @PatrickKay actually not all are over at Blu... were still finding people and it's glitchy. Not a fan of the site but it'll buy us time. I really do like this site...a lot!
@Cachobweeney @CanisPundit @t_heislen @PatrickKay
My frustration is the amount of folks who “love” this site & refuse to spend $4.99/mo to keep the lights on.
They talk about second homes, new cars, vacations, etc but don’t pay their tiny share.
Pisses me off no end.
#GoPro Today!
@LnzyHou @CanisPundit @t_heislen @PatrickKay I went Pro but changed my checkmark to blue for an account I no longer have. Stupid and I have no problem admitted when I'm wrong. I donate when I can.
@Cachobweeney @LnzyHou @CanisPundit @t_heislen donating when we can is better than not all all.
I have so much respect for this platform and it's architects and leadership.
I try to throw to it when I can but sometimes times are tough.
I wish that they would add a "gift a membership" button because, that would be cool.
@LnzyHou @Cachobweeney @CanisPundit @t_heislen just saying when I had a few extra bucks to throw around, it would be neat to buy prem for folks we know or even don't (maybe based on timespan of account, activity, a group of folks anon signed up to be randomly gifted it, etc)
@LnzyHou @Cachobweeney @CanisPundit @t_heislen @PatrickKay
Sometimes I think requiring a dollar a month/$10 a year on here for all accounts would be the right thing to do.
First year free. If you stick around long enough you're liable to see the value.
@FireMonkey @Cachobweeney @CanisPundit @t_heislen @PatrickKay
I like it. But even I, on fixed income, can squeeze out a decent monthly stipend. It’s a matter of priorities. #GoPro
@LnzyHou @Cachobweeney @CanisPundit @t_heislen @PatrickKay
Sometimes a child has to be encouraged, nay required, to pull their own weight. A free year to see the benefits, maybe even at pro status for the 1st 6 mo, then if they won't pony up back to regular status, at $10 annual. And gentle, fun shaming works too - instead of a blue check, maybe @th3j35t3r could give them a symbol of some sort 🙊🗿🆓🪫to designate their status?
@FireMonkey I have ~$45 at present. And that's typical. @LnzyHou @Cachobweeney @CanisPundit @t_heislen @PatrickKay
@poemblaze @LnzyHou @Cachobweeney @CanisPundit @t_heislen @PatrickKay
And I certainly think there's a free zone here, and#CoSoHelp could be viable for those that contribute in other ways by their posts, but like you are extremely limited.
@FireMonkey I was taking your comment about all accounts at face value. ✌️ @LnzyHou @Cachobweeney @CanisPundit @t_heislen @PatrickKay
@LnzyHou I have to wait. I literally have zero savings left after paying for surgery. Should be able to after April if everything goes well but it's not a guarantee.
@CanisPundit @t_heislen @PatrickKay
I was mutuals with some of those big names. And honestly, I sometimes miss the impact of their posts due to their celebrity/volume of followers.
But I was only an unknown entity who stroked their ego when they needed it. Never was the stroking returned as it is on CoSo. They neither knew my life nor cared to.
It is a great relief that I am no longer part of that marketing machine that creates a faux world of online sycophants.