Sherliz Holmes

@JhoiraArtificer

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seaslug.garden/

just a selkie in the sea

(I also go by Liz)

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Sherliz Holmes @JhoiraArtificer11/15/2022, 1:49 AM

cohost numbers psychology

there are absolutely people I follow on cohost who I did not follow on twitter because they were Big Accounts, and I cannot see the numbers on cohost so there's less peripheral social pressure

like, I am aware some of y'all are Twitter (micro? subculture?) Famous for the same kind of stuff you post on cohost, but on here it really feels like follows are based on interest and not obligation/popularity. I'm having a little trouble describing the exact feeling but I suspect other people know what I'm talking about anyway

#cohost meta

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walking mirage @atomicthumbs11/15/2022, 1:54 AM

yeah. it's REALLY nice. i feel like i've taken the shackles of my twitter following off. i think it's a big part of why cohost feels more "chill"

Sherliz Holmes @JhoiraArtificer11/15/2022, 2:00 AM

we're all Just Some Guy on here and the thing that really matters is whether you like the posts or not (plus "mutuals" doesn't keep you around out of social obligation. be free! curate the exact experience you want!)

bcj @bcj11/15/2022, 1:57 AM

not to brag but i was a pretty big deal on twitter. if you can believe it, a 3-digit follower count. that's bigger than a busload

Sherliz Holmes @JhoiraArtificer11/15/2022, 2:04 AM

the reliably best twitter content is from people with sub-5k (often sub-1k) accounts just posting Whatever. the major exception is personal friends who have garnered a bigger following because they also happen to do [popular thing]

bcj @bcj11/15/2022, 2:12 AM

sometimes folks get more popular but it's fine if they have that 3-digit poster energy

Sherliz Holmes @JhoiraArtificer11/15/2022, 2:21 AM

ah you're so right, I think a lot of folks I know fall in that bucket. honestly I think my beautiful wife is a 1-2k follower level of Posting except for the Sass thing so she has a lot of tech followers even though she basically never tweets about it

bcj @bcj11/15/2022, 2:25 AM

pretending as hard as I can that I don't know your wife does web stuff honestly, I think being sassy helps

Noel B @NoelBWrites11/15/2022, 2:38 AM

I think it's that feeling of following a person doing their thing vs. following An Account.

Like if I, with less than 300 followers, follow a Big Account with tens of thousands (or more!), I feel like I'm mostly just a passive audience member. They'll post their curated stuff and I'll like or retweet but the chances of having an interaction beyond that are pretty much null.

Here it feels more like an equal "we're all just sharing neat things we did/found and talking about it sometimes" kind of vibe

Sherliz Holmes @JhoiraArtificer11/15/2022, 2:53 AM

the "I found this shiny rock and you might like it too" school of posting (my favorite kind)

Noel B @NoelBWrites11/15/2022, 2:58 AM

:chunks:

Brianna McHorse @bmchorse11/15/2022, 3:26 PM

It also lowers the activation energy for interaction, for me! Sometimes feels weird to reply to a Big Account on Twitter but on here it's like "hey I liked this Post and/or have some thoughts on it, I will interact."

Might be an artifact of the network being smaller in general, but I think the anti-viral, low-discoverability vibe helps it along.

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