Therefore, recently people have been writing threads with a link to post at end of thread. The reason simply is that platforms want people to remain on the platform for longer periods of time.
Instagram doesn't even allow you to have a link in your post. Just in the profile.
You described the solution yourself. You can still do POSSE, but instead of a link you can write something like, "link to original post is in the comments" or "originally published on my website, you know how to find it".
It may be tricky or even impossible to automate, but isn't that how you know it's good, according to PG? :)
Without legislation, these platforms can build walls easier than we can build ladders. Your average user isn’t all that interested in following links in the first place, so it’s an uphill battle from every angle.
Though it's hard for me to imagine legislation helping the situation, since regulations are usually written for/by the big incumbents to dig a deeper moat around themselves.
I don't think that works. People are already lazy to click a link, imagine having to go to the blog and then search for the actual post
(Not that I have a better answer to Twitter's isolationist shenanigans, mind.)
Of course, this also requires content engaging enough to create that reaction...
Pinterest banned my account the other day by mistake and it took me two weeks of pestering the shit out of them for them to admit it and reinstate it.
Huh - is this true? It anecdotally felt very true to me when posting content - is there data/reports on this somewhere to view?
Also, you can see how many times a tweet was viewed and interacted with in the analytics, so you could try to do your own comparison by seeing the % of views that trigger engagement
We need to tell our legislators to go after companies that disallow or downrank external links.