@naga Other than it eating into the character limit, I can’t think of any real downside. However, if someone were to set up their own instance, they could adjust the character limit if they regularly need more space for text.

@iron_bug To be fair, the #opera tag is more useful here than on other socials. It is a bit quiet, though …

@meganmariehart Right. But even on a larger instance, from my understanding of the use you're talking about, six characters for a single # opera tag would probably improve reach and discoverability quite a lot. So can a pinned toot with a bunch of hashtags, which can help if users don't even know to look for the organization.

You likely know these things--I was just trying to, like I said, understand the reach-without-hashtags experiment.

All good!

@meganmariehart Your post was boosted into my feed by someone I follow. For what it's worth, I think the thing people trained on other social media struggle with about the Fedi is that it's not instant. A post on the Fedi doesn't "go viral" and blast through to everywhere in nothing flat. It burbles on for days, sometimes months, as gradually daisychains out from where it started. So they feel they've had no reach or no interaction, when really they just stopped counting too soon!

@foobarsoft For posts about performances I usually add 'opera' and 'operaSinger' so people can filter me if they want the browser but not art. Then the work we’re performing, the composer, the city and if I have enough room the region. If I just blurt out a random though, I don’t tag them.

@wndxlori That makes sense in most of the world. However, this might limit the reach, particularly for opera in Europe, where there are so many opera houses! Opera fans travel a lot!

@jakmarcin Our Aida production is going to the Finnish National Opera in Helsinki, which is probably closer to where you are than to where I am, if you want to see it! (Highly recommended! It's a fantastic production. And I'm not just saying that because I was in it!)

@withaveeay I’m a meanie! And I’m going to count the holes too!

@virtuosew That’s a very good point! Sometimes, I get likes and boosts on posts that are years old. I guess theaters that want to publicise upcoming performances would have to post more in advance. The ability to edit posts has helped me a lot when there have been cast changes. I also quote my own posts when I want to add something to a performance I have already posted about.

@staatstheaterdarmstadt @meganmariehart
What a cool experiment!

Assuming the theater posts to other social sites, a minimal thing they could do would be to setup #Buffer or something similar, allowing simultaneous posting across multiple sites. Other than the setup, there'd be no additional effort to begin reaching Mastodon.

I'd love to figure out a way to get more small businesses to do that, since I don't use Meta products and miss out a lot on local promotions and specials.

@meganmariehart nothing in the Fediverse is limited in reach. But in that case, I’d recommend an EU focused server

@futurebird yeah a good conversation is desirable

@meganmariehart

"Unverhofft kommt oft!"

Your initial toot is kinda the most valuable toot on mastodon right now. When ever you change it's content, everyone who boosted it will get the update.

Like to say: "A toot like that in the hands of a profile like mine .."

You should consider to work on that, like:
"[edit:update]
Ok,
sry @ ALL,
but given the fact that this worked out like it did, please help me to play around with this viral boosted toot!

Considering the initial idea, I'd like to use this very toot by updating it once a month with the schedule of our theater events.

What do you people think?
Comments?"

Don't forget to take note of the boost and fav count ..
(955 boosts and counting)

@jesuisatire Oooooh, that’s a dangerous idea! (I think you misspelled Booo and block-count!)

@meganmariehart
> I think you misspelled ..

Don't do this never ever again to a dislexic like me.

There is no block-count , I would now, working has hard as I can to get to the top five of:
"Satire darf alles!
(solange sie andere auf den Arm nimmt)"

About Boo's and don'ts:
"Wie man in den Wald ruft so schalt es hinaus."

If you do it in a respectful, funny and interesting way, sticking more or less to the original idea\proposal it could be interesting for everyone.

You can't think out of the box if you remain in it, much less "um die Ecke denken".

Add a poll asking what you should do.

@futurebird @meganmariehart completely agree with you !
That being said I don't reply that much even on here because I never know what to say (and maybe because years of other platforms have ruined the way I connect with people online)

@meganmariehart people who want a kick from numbers instead of quality not coming here, isn't a downside but an advantage though.

@codeschubse Right, assuming getting a kick from numbers is somehow an inherent part of their personality. I’d like to believe that they would soon realise that meeting and interacting with real people enriches their lives more than numbers do. Anything I can say to convince people to leave the old socials is anecdotal, and I was hoping for a good anecdote from my post. I got it!

@meganmariehart @sonjaschuh01 that tool cannot give a complete answer because it cannot see everyone’s follower lists (they can be set to be not shown to others)

@grant_h @sonjaschuh01 @meganmariehart no, it is instances that download the images, not users, because otherwise it would break privacy; the hit counts would be much lower than the actual views