Post ASPcZOJtPgTbMvadGK by Drand@techhub.social
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 (DIR) Post #ASPcZOJtPgTbMvadGK by Drand@techhub.social
       2023-02-05T20:17:42Z
       
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       How big of a platform does Twitter offer? Now that Musk made view counts public, we (w/ @mohsenmosleh ) can find out... ANSWER: Not nearly as big as it looks! For accounts with lots of followers, only a small fraction (~1%) see median tweet 😬 (and this overcounts, as it includes RT views)
       
 (DIR) Post #ASPcZPciZB83PbPBFA by Drand@techhub.social
       2023-02-05T20:17:43Z
       
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       From a list of 300M users, @mohsenmosleh sampled 611 users, stratified on log(followers), and collected all 187k of their primary tweets since Twitter made view counts public.
       
 (DIR) Post #ASPcZQnOCzG92zPDW4 by Drand@techhub.social
       2023-02-05T20:17:44Z
       
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       Why are view counts surprisingly low for large-follower accounts? Some ideas:*Lots of those followers are fake (bots)? *Algorithm is hugely important, more so than # followers?*Lots of people have quit Twitter?Other ideas?
       
 (DIR) Post #ASPcZRva01PAYgFGvA by Drand@techhub.social
       2023-02-05T20:17:44Z
       
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       Addendum: I've been using Mastodon a lot, and have found the ratio of engagement to followers to be WAY higher here than on Twitter