Mozilla did their biggest Reddit AMA yet on Thursday, June 13, with eight members of the Firefox leadership team. With 400 total comments on the post, they c…
Mozilla did their biggest Reddit AMA yet on Thursday, June 13, with eight members of the Firefox leadership team. With 400 total comments on the post, they c…
I feel like they would’ve got more challenging questions had they asked here. They could’ve even done it on mastodon, with the hashtag #AskMozilla. Instead they chose to prop up the closed web 🥺
Honestly, as much as I would like that as the next guy… I doubt they would’ve gotten anywhere close to engagement in the range of 400 comments sadly.
When it comes to reach this is still not the place to be. Now, how meaningful the comments are? That’s a different question.
They went for the biggest audience. By a country fucking mile.
That may be a consideration, but what’s important in the words of one mozilla employee in that thread is:
If your goal is to help people transition to that future, would you engage with the people who are already there?
I’d probably announce to people in other places that I’m going to host an AMA in a place that aligns more with my goals and that they’re free to join and participate there. or I’d host it in both places but note that the questions in the płace I consider to be better will be addressed faster, or something like that.
Doing an AMA on mastodon would be a horrible experience for everyone. Others have pointed out the obvious difference in reach, blocks/defederation means some ppl may not even be able to participate, participants might never receive questions, users from different instances wouldn’t be able to see sibling comments, etc.
No they choose to ask they audience. You go where the people are if you want to ask them, you don’t make them come to you.