> When the walls fell and everybody left, I dropped 200 followers to 500 but by X's own metrics no one sees my tweets
> I have presences on Mastodon and Bluesky, but my follower count on both remains in the low teens
So we all agree that follower count != engagement. You pointed that out in the first quote. It's a trueism we all claim to understand. But then you immediately jump to low followers on Mastodon or Bluesky being equivalent to low engagement, when that isn't necessarily the case.
> I have presences on Mastodon and Bluesky, but my follower count on both remains in the low teens
So we all agree that follower count != engagement. You pointed that out in the first quote. It's a trueism we all claim to understand. But then you immediately jump to low followers on Mastodon or Bluesky being equivalent to low engagement, when that isn't necessarily the case.