I really can’t find how it all started that Filipino Twitter users are migrating to The ATmosphere network. While Facebook users are in Threads (and only few actually activates their fediverse settings despite telling them how).

It’s something I’m very curious about because the Philippine SNS / social media space is heavily Facebook + Twitter only for the last 20 years. Yet, somehow, in the latter half of 2024, things started to change.

What is going on?! I want to understand what triggered my kababayan to migrate, or at least, take seriously a “new” platform. And this is despite the fact that most of the people they’re following are more likely than not still active in those closed-silo platforms.

The migration isn’t huge, like Brazil-huge. But still, it’s significant. These are not the usual “let’s give it a try” crowd and then they’ll disappear. They’re actually using Bluesky and Threads!

The challenge is, like in Threads where we have to tell them to turn-on their fediverse setting, we have to tell ATmosphere users to follow @ap.brid.gy . 😅

Tags: #Filipino #Philippines #Twitter #Facebook #Threads #ATmosphere #Fediverse #Bluesky #SocialWeb #SNS #SocialMedia

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