2026-02-10 09:18 UTC
@meganmariehart@mastodon.social I once run an experiment similar to yours. I asked people to boost a toot with a URL to a webserver I controlled, no hashtags either. It got <3k boosts. Yours will probably get similar numbers. At that point, IIRC, the Fedi (or was it just Mastodon?) was ~2M accounts, so it reached ~15% of the net. I wrote abut it here:
https://www.grulic.org.ar/~mdione/glob/posts/the-mastodon-effect-meta-discussion/
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@mdione@en.osm.town 2026-02-10 09:21
@meganmariehart@mastodon.social But hashtags are the best way to reach people. You mention a theater. They should post with hashtags of their region of influence (city, province, etc), the type of œvre (opera, music, etc) and maybe a couple more. They should sniff around until they find the right ones. I wish there were tools for that, hmmm... 2/
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@meganmariehart@mastodon.social 2026-02-10 10:54
@mdione@en.osm.town I've just finished reading your blog post. Very cool, I wish I had read this before making my notifications useless (and they are now!) It seems that the Fediverse is not the best place for spontaneous experiments! I’m not sure if the idea was so bad that I should delete the post, or just wait! Think I’ll wait :blobcatcoffee: