[Hpr] Stop posting to twitter/X, while continuing to monitor it.

[Ken Fallon]

Looks like the #oggcastplanet irc room is also gone on freenode and 
libera.chat

-- 
Regards,

Ken Fallon (PA7KEN,G5KEN)
https://kenfallon.com
https://hackerpublicradio.org/hosts/ken_fallon

On 2026-02-24 11:21, Andrew Conway wrote:
> Hi Ken et al
>
> That proposal to stopping posting on twitter/x is fine by me. As you 
> say, it has lost much of the significance it once had.
>
> Andrew
>
>
> On Tue, 24 Feb 2026, 10:18 Ken Fallon via Hpr, 
> <hpr at lists.hackerpublicradio.com> wrote:
>
>     Hi All,
>
>     We started posting to twitter, now x.com <http://x.com> in August
>     2008, and we have 976 Followers. I would like to suggest we stop
>     actively posting there as the impact of the site has diminished.
>
>     While there probably was a time it was the place to be, my feeling
>     has been for some time that we get no engagement there.
>
>     Recently they did an update which provides statistics on shows,
>     showing:
>
>     Impressions
>     Times this post was seen on X
>     Engagements
>     Total number of times a user has interacted with a post. This
>     includes all clicks anywhere on the post (including hashtags,
>     links, avatar, username, and post expansion), reposts, replies,
>     follows, and likes.
>
>     Checking the last few months, the Impressions metric for any given
>     show hovers around the 30 mark, and has only peaked when there are
>     click bait ;-) tag words in there.
>
>     The Engagements on **all** episodes is 2 - both result from me
>     boosting and responding, which I do to get around the limit on
>     posting text.
>
>     There are about 4 shows where the Engagement jumps to 4, and
>     usually where the host also has also boosted it.
>
>     Given the lack of engagement, I would like to relegate
>     Twitter/X.com to the same status as Facebook and Linkedin. On
>     these platforms we actively monitor and engage with people if they
>     contact us, but do not post daily updates. We occasionally will
>     post about the site been down or the New Year Show etc.
>
>     Therefore I suggest
>
>     Sites we post to on a daily basis:
>
>       * Mastodon at https://infosec.exchange/@hpr
>       * Matrix at https://matrix.to/#/#hpr:matrix.org
>         <https://matrix.to/#/%23hpr:matrix.org>
>       * Telegram at https://t.me/+6fEhQrf5IEc4ZGU8
>
>     Sites we monitor:
>
>       * #oggcastplanet
>         <https://web.libera.chat/gamja/?channels=oggcastplanet>
>       * Facebook
>         <https://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_130169220378872¬if_t=group_r2j>
>       * Linked-In <https://www.linkedin.com/company/hackerpublicradio/>
>       * iTunes
>         <http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hacker-public-radio/id281699640>
>       * twitter, x.com <https://twitter.com/hpr>
>
>     Thoughts ?
>
>     -- 
>     Regards,
>
>     Ken Fallon (PA7KEN,G5KEN)
>     https://kenfallon.com
>     https://hackerpublicradio.org/hosts/ken_fallon
>
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