Is there any high-quality evidence or even good anecdotes about how successful creators are at getting people off the platform? I only know anecdotally things like, e.g., Hank Green complaining about the algorithm aggressively downranking his posts about his charity store.
I also feel like I’ve heard comedians say that Twitter is fine with their jokes, but when they want to promote a show — for many of them, the main purpose of being on Twitter — their followers barely see those tweets. Also, when I used TikTok, I noticed a few sketch comedy creators who had large followings on TikTok but had barely any conversions to YouTube.
I think probably the algorithm is behind a lot of this, but also I think probably most users don’t want the friction of clicking through to another platform.
My cynical take on this is that people scroll Twitter and TikTok to numb out and engage their limbic system, not their prefrontal cortex, so it’s a losing game for all involved.
@Bella that’s part of the answer I owe you. I will give the other part soon.
Is there any high-quality evidence or even good anecdotes about how successful creators are at getting people off the platform? I only know anecdotally things like, e.g., Hank Green complaining about the algorithm aggressively downranking his posts about his charity store.
I also feel like I’ve heard comedians say that Twitter is fine with their jokes, but when they want to promote a show — for many of them, the main purpose of being on Twitter — their followers barely see those tweets. Also, when I used TikTok, I noticed a few sketch comedy creators who had large followings on TikTok but had barely any conversions to YouTube.
I think probably the algorithm is behind a lot of this, but also I think probably most users don’t want the friction of clicking through to another platform.
My cynical take on this is that people scroll Twitter and TikTok to numb out and engage their limbic system, not their prefrontal cortex, so it’s a losing game for all involved.
@Bella that’s part of the answer I owe you. I will give the other part soon.