• arendjr@programming.dev
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    17 days ago

    Great points, except:

    People can’t leave for anything smaller.

    They can and some do. It’s still a choice.

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      16 days ago

      technically yes but if leaving means you loose half your income then is it really a choice.

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        16 days ago

        Of course, but it needn’t be black and white. You can also diversify, make yourself less reliant on a single platform. And by doing so, enable your audience to follow you elsewhere. Or diversify into different activities altogether. And when it’s no longer half your income on the line, then switch.

        But doing nothing and saying, “but half my income!”? That’s not only a choice, but also complacency.

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          16 days ago

          True they could spend the extra time poating on blusky first. Thrn on Twitter with a note that all posts are posted first on blusky. Enough people do that it would move the audience. But then people need to care enough to spend that extra time and care about what platform is used. Moat people care Twitter in the same way they care about ipv4 vs ipv6 addresses. Sad but true.