Findings from “The Great Follow Backup” (aka diversify my social follow graph)
Based on the bios in my Twitter follows, here’s a rough breakdown on where everyone is:
- pixiv (and/or fanbox)
- patreon
- github
- ko-fi
- tumblr
- youtube/twitch
- wordpress/blog (aka RSS)
- none
Many people only had a personal website (like a portfolio) that only had “resume-like” evergreen content – these people obviously considered Twitter as their microblog/social post platform. Less than 1% had a mastodon “backup” account linked.
I feel better having made the effort – if Twitter goes belly up, I can at least get back to some of the people I follow.