POSSE: Reclaiming social media in a fragmented world
https://www.citationneeded.news/posse/
A simple technique offers the best of both worlds: total control over your own work, while still maintaining a presence on third-party platforms.
Via @molly0xfff
@kim_harding @molly0xfff
I block all cross-posted material as best I can. Whilst I get the idea of owning your own material, I'm not willing to engage with anyone who can't take the time to be present on a platform. I got properly fed up with references to twitter on Mastodon as 'this site' from people who were just posting here to adopt a presence but were unwilling to engage. Same with all bridged accounts etc. Not interested.
@MostlyTato @kim_harding i know you don’t follow me but i’d be really curious to hear if you feel that way about my posts? i do cross-post but i try to do so as organically as possible, and am curious if it comes across in the way you describe. (no worries if you don’t wish to)
@molly0xfff @kim_harding
It depends. Its not actually against the idea itself, its that in my experience, I've only encountered those who posted to twitter first then cross posted here just for a presence but ignored any response. That pisses me off. But if people actually engage, I have no problem with the mechanism they use to post.
@MostlyTato gotcha, appreciate that! i know what you’re describing and agree with you
@molly0xfff
Fair enough Molly, I apologise if I sounded too militant, I recall getting really pissed off with cross posters that just weren't here. There posts would even have 'here on twitter' in them, so I set up a filter to block.
@MostlyTato @kim_harding @molly0xfff I also dislike cross-posted material that effectively treats twitter as the true source and replicate that content (with broken conversations) onto other media.
That’s why I like this POSSE philosophy – your own site (with your own domain name that you always control) is your canonical source and any posts on other media always link back to that, not to each other.