My school used to have 600 people. 1000 is a huge crowd and it can easily be many times more than that. If it was like 300 years ago, then how would you even get 100 people to hear what you have to say?
Imagine walking onto a stage, in front of a thousand people, and just saying a random thing in the microphone, that you just thought of while stoned and then simply leaving. Alternatively, you could stay by the door and start arguing with the audience members as they’re leaving like I’m now probably going to do.
Imagine walking onto a stage, in front of a thousand people, and just saying a random thing in the microphone,
Not the best analogy. Better imagine you wrote some stupid shit on the wall of a latrine. And some random people might read it. Eventually. Some might even answer.
Ahh, the origins of shitposting
Used to be shit stain now just markers makes it more hygenic I guess.
And most will forget, the same way they forget to wash their hands.
I think theres a middle ground. For instance, it’s kinda like a bulletin board. We go there to see what people are saying.
i’d argue the internet’s topology is much more elaborate than a simple bulletin board.
a bulletin board is a rectangular area where every message gets equal exposure. the internet is like a high-dimensional space through which you can move (bubbles), thus inflating the things in front of you (that you move towards) while pushing the things that you’re not interested in out of view.
interestingly, this abstract space is somehow mapped atop physical space, making it an abstraction, like the spirit world, that you can interact with and move through.
I don’t entirely disagree. However, this way I’ll probably reach that 1000 people in a few hours. That’s still pretty good.
The internet is a busy toilet
The Internet is a series of sewer pipes
Its crazy that even 100 people deliberately moved their finger to upvote something you said. There’s little wonder people get addicted to social media.
Just for that I won’t be reading this post.
I read your post.
Damn you!
@Valmond@lemmy.world
@Opinionhaver@feddit.uk @StoneyPicton@lemmy.ca read, upvated AND commented. Are we best friends now?
As I said I won’t be reading this post I think it would be hypocritical to read any responses, so I won’t be reading this one either. Thanks best buddy!
I didn’t read, what did he say?
Just got the best friends part 🥰
I cannot profess to knowing that which I did not read, per say. Lol
Hence how these crazy conspiracy theories can gain traction
You can get an even bigger thrill grabbing the phones thatgo over the PA system at a retail store and doing the same thing. 😌
That’s pretty neat-o
It’s not the same, because most aren’t paying attention.
It’s more like going to a street corner and saying it. Wait an hour or so, and a thousand people will hear it, but most will ignore you and forget about it
Helps to keep in mind Pareto distributions. You usually have to calculate them for individual social media systems, but a common rule of thumb on reddit was between 100-1000 between steps.
If 1 person commented, 10-100 people may have upvoted, and 1000-10000 may have clicked and not engaged further.
For every one post, there are 10-100 commenters, 100-1000 upvoters, and 1000-100k+ viewers.
wonder what that’s like on lemmy
I think if you run a server you might have the data to do the analysis.
atleast
Not a word.
Says who? The word police?
It’s also terrifying. Especially when you open your inbox 12 hours later and you see a bunch of comments poking holes in your arguments or making fun the ideas that sounded really good in your head. When you write something online, you never know if you’re going to end up in a hurricane like that.
You’re not going to start arguing with the audience.
thoughts are like a virus, and the internet makes them spread like crazy
Well, you and thousands of other people, most of them saying very boring things since most people seem to think exactly the same things.
Its more like your words being random entertainment for some stranger for a few seconds of his doom scrolling.
Haha someone smoked a joint
