On the fediverse, posts rarely go viral.
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On the fediverse, posts rarely go viral. But at times, they will go "fungal", like mycelium quietly working its way through the substrate, popping up again like mushrooms every few months to make another quick round before going dormant again.
I think there's a lot more to this phenomenon than a quick quip. The fact that a good post can have an extended shelf life in a context that rarely produces flashy virality is a function of both the technological infrastructure and the much more human and real social norms here.
This is one of those things that I meant a couple days ago when I said to newcomers that a lot of the good parts of Mastodon/fediverse take some time to notice and appreciate.
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This is the perfect response
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But that's what makes this place kind of special. We may be doing our own thing, but it is very much "our authentic thing". What you're describing is more like being at a cool gathering and having someone come up to you and say "hey, I was reading back issues of your zine and I saw that story you wrote last year on the cultural significance of belly button lint and thought it was really cool."
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I've never seen that. Call me culturally deprived, I guess
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Lol, though if you did it wasn't by me.
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Or at least destroy their mentions.
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Not true AT ALL. Fungi feed on every imaginable source: live insects, poop, dead grass and logs, soil, and a great many are symbiotic with host plants, providing mutual benefit. See mycorrhizal fungi. These last ones are very common and are like a necessary substrate that whole ecosystems rely on.
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I haven't mentioned that, but...yeah.
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I guess I missed that one?
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Something tells me this is a deep rabbit hole that I should stay out of until I have time...
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On the fediverse, posts rarely go viral. But at times, they will go "fungal", like mycelium quietly working its way through the substrate, popping up again like mushrooms every few months to make another quick round before going dormant again.
@Mikal ... and that should be considered a feature, not a bug
If something manages to go viral/fungal it most likely deserves it because it has not been artificially curated to do so.
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@Mikal ... and that should be considered a feature, not a bug
If something manages to go viral/fungal it most likely deserves it because it has not been artificially curated to do so.
Oh, for sure! It's one of the interesting things about this place. It also proves that social networks are more interesting and fun if they're filled with organically interesting things posted by real people instead of whatever can be algorithmically amplified to increase engagement and ad impressions.
And, uh, case in point, the post just got 32...33...34 boosts
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On the fediverse, posts rarely go viral. But at times, they will go "fungal", like mycelium quietly working its way through the substrate, popping up again like mushrooms every few months to make another quick round before going dormant again.
@Mikal oh, the mycelium has expanded to my TL
Banger of a user name btw
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On the fediverse, posts rarely go viral. But at times, they will go "fungal", like mycelium quietly working its way through the substrate, popping up again like mushrooms every few months to make another quick round before going dormant again.
@Mikal (posted 115 days ago)
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On the fediverse, posts rarely go viral. But at times, they will go "fungal", like mycelium quietly working its way through the substrate, popping up again like mushrooms every few months to make another quick round before going dormant again.
@Mikal@sfba.social seeing this now at 4 months so it must be true.
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On the fediverse, posts rarely go viral. But at times, they will go "fungal", like mycelium quietly working its way through the substrate, popping up again like mushrooms every few months to make another quick round before going dormant again.
@Mikal and sometimes they go "woolly". you simpleton. you absolute station wagon
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On the fediverse, posts rarely go viral. But at times, they will go "fungal", like mycelium quietly working its way through the substrate, popping up again like mushrooms every few months to make another quick round before going dormant again.
@Mikal I very much like that this post is an example of itself
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On the fediverse, posts rarely go viral. But at times, they will go "fungal", like mycelium quietly working its way through the substrate, popping up again like mushrooms every few months to make another quick round before going dormant again.
@Mikal I really love this description of this phenomena. New places, new feelings, new connections, new words!
