Do you repost content from other social platforms to the fediverse?

[maj@cosocial.ca]

Do you repost content from other social platforms to the fediverse? e.g. reddit, instagram, etc? Do you link or use a screenshot?

(I'm not as thoughtful as @evan so don't come at me about poll question design).

#polls #fediverse #socialmedia

[reiver@mastodon.social]

@maj

I usually include both a screenshot and a link.

[maj@cosocial.ca]

@reiver Yeah, I try to have enough context that you don't *have to* click through to get the point...

[mpjgregoire@cosocial.ca]

@maj I frequently share content from other platforms (largely from X/Twitter via nitter.net); when I do, I provide links back to where I found it. I follow the same policy for newspaper articles.

People who don't like that sort of content shouldn't follow my account.

@evan

[tvaughan@mastodon.social]

@maj @evan If I wanted to see content from those sites I would have an account there. The people on Bluesky seem obsessed with replicating Twitter content there. I was put on a block list for asking but why. 😐

[elettrona@poliversity.it]

@maj @fediverso @evan I usually post comments coming from other social networks only if it's a YouTube video. I dislike screenshots because I'm totally blind and a screenshot-only post, is impossible to produce, and to READ, for me. And, not being on Facebook and Instagram or Tiktok, I don't read those posts at all. Youtube anyways, is still full of interesting contents and I've posted some contents there.

[johnefrancis@cosocial.ca]

@maj @evan no, I definitely do not, and I have filters configured to hide content links to non-fediverse commercial platforms. I left those places for reasons. I'll share direct links to websites, many discovered via my RSS reader.

[maj@cosocial.ca]

@elettrona @fediverso @evan thanks for sharing!
Does it help at all if the post and/or alt text describe the screenshot?

[maj@cosocial.ca]

@johnefrancis great use of filters to manage your experience!

[elettrona@poliversity.it]

@maj @fediverso @evan Yes, if the screenshot is a quote, a text, it's useful. But sometimes it happens that the post directs you to a link where reading on, you end up supporting an unpleasant person or space. In that case, anonymous shorteners could be used to reproduce the link - very difficult to copy/paste a link from an alt-text

[maj@cosocial.ca]

@elettrona @fediverso @evan I generally avoid boosting anything that's negative.

I just block or scroll away. Having just spent some time on Xitter (unfortunately) I realize I might be in the minority.

[elettrona@poliversity.it]

@maj @fediverso @evan It depends on what "negative" means. Real images of ICE-related violence when official accounts boost fake videos, are important to boost; but if you HAVE FUN boosting "man has shot little dog" randomly, or those justice-hungry articles, well, that's ragebait and propaganda. Here in Italy we have a justice-related vote within less than 2 months and "yes" side and "no" side, are sending lots of polarizing info. Including that rubbish "migrant stole a blind man's phone, thankfully a group of harley davidson bikers was there" (ending with the thief giving the phone back and promising to work in blind-related association) those rubbish AI-made stories whose purpose is to teach "self-justice is better than institutions". [talking emoji: pull the handle, toilet flushes, shit goes down]

[maj@cosocial.ca]

@elettrona @fediverso @evan I guess I mean ragebait? Like it can be a good resource talking about bad stuff but I won't usually share someone saying bullshit to say "this is bullshit"