This is my experience as well. Mastodon has far more people interacting with posts than either Bluesky or Threads combined!

I cross-post a lot via Fedica, and the amount of interactions I get on either of the two tech-bro platforms are nearly non-existant compared to here 😁

Not to say Mastodon doesn't have issues - one glaring one is .social starting to centralise Mastodon on 1 server due to it's sheer size, and the refusal of the gmbh to vary the sign-up server on joinmastodon.com.

Yep, precisely. I'll carry on posting to Bsky & threads as it's no different to just posting here when using fedica, but 99% of my time spent posting replies, or boosting posts is done now on Mastodon.

And I'm quite happy about that, because Mastodon, despite its issues, is the vastly superior platform of the three 😀

Yep, that's another massive plus in the Mastodon column for me - self-hosting.

I don't host my own instance, but I *love* the fact that the option is there should I ever want/need it.

I just worry that over time .social is going to get over 50% of that total figure, at which point the Fediverse effectively isn't decentralised, it'll be largely centralised with satellite instances, and be too large to de-federate from, compounding the issue further.

I dont post that much as for finding content like both chronological and custom feeds and wish fedi services had them built in.

I like the argument that corporate feeds are like an addictive poisonous drink & chronological is like drinking water. Drinking water alone is the healthiest option but sometimes you want something else and that where custom feeds come in

I got that argument from this fedihost video: video.fedihost.co/w/kVoS82WGtn…

FediHost Video

2025-10-25 00:42:15

We Have An Algorithm Problem

The Fediverse has a different problem with algorithms: They're not very good.

Interviews:
Dawn Walker: @dawn@cosocial.ca
Julian Lam: @julian@community.nodebb.org
Anuj Ahooja: @quillmatiq@mastodon.social
Johannes Ernst: @j12t@j12t.social
Daniel Supernault: @dansup@mastodon.social

@obrien_kat @angel Yes, plus there is also the challenge of being on a smaller server. If you care about reach on social media, you might be better off moving to a larger server, like mastodon.social.

Still, this is often about luck. In the past, I'd submit a project to Reddit or Hacker News, got no traction. Then months later someone else would, and that would get people talking.

Similarly, I'd think an account like @dedication_bot would be more popular than @roots. You just never know what people will find interesting, and unless you want to dedicate yourself 100% to playing the social media game, you're better off learning not to worry too much.

@_elena @liaizon

on the other hand, and from my personal experience, I find the lack of interaction in the Fediverse appaling. I have [let me see...] 134 followers, which is much more that what I've had in any of the privative social networks (back when I had accounts there), and I usually have less than 10 likes or boosts with my best received posts. Most of the time is 0 interactions. I've just opened an Instagram account last month (because, well, I write fiction, and I was fed up of meeting people in writer gatherings asking me "what is your Insta Id" and telling them that I have none) and, with an order of magnitude less followers and much less posts, I get as much interactions.

Of course, there is the possibility that what I write here is not interesting, at least for those listening.

CC: @obrien_kat@mastodon.world @liaizon@wake.st @stefan@stefanbohacek.online