Starting a trend by accident

I just shared a picture of my watch, from there Casio showed up, and now a small trend started on Fosstodon for some reason. It's now out of my control but I am here for it...

I really love the way trends can take shape when it comes to Mastodon. There is no algorithm that shapes your view of a topic, and the local timeline is quite a lively community, at least on Fosstodon and similar places.

So, when my post of my analog watch got so many replies and boosts from people across the fediverse, I got quite excited, among the many photos sharing their watches and collections, a reply with a picture showcasing the classic Casio F-91W showed up, and then another, and another, and another, until even Kev (and probably some others) ended up getting one, and now I am tempted myself. Its super cheap, so I’ll probably get it soon enough, ~~or maybe you can buy me one you know?~~ (I have to give this a shot 🤣).

The way it works is funny, sometimes you just happened to get boosted by the right people at the right time, other times you are just famous enough by yourself, I have close to 800 people who follow me after all for some reason, I guess I am a bit of a Mastodon influencer 😎. You never really know to be honest, this blogpost may not get much interaction despite it all.

Regardless, every now and then I see more and more posts of people who got their Casio watch, or already had it collecting dust and decided to use it again, its kinda fun. Kev made a post about his recent purchase (and I think he got another Casio watch now lol), some other poeple interacted there, a couple other blogposts showed up as well,and now I felt like writing all of this.

At this point the trend took a life of its own and most people don’t know where it comes from, and that’s perfectly fine. It was about time Casio watches had some love around this place. I don’t know how long will it last, maybe a “Casiodon” instance is in the horizon, or maybe next week nobody will post their watches anymore. Such is the nature of the Fediverse, and I am happy to be part of this little corner of the Internet.

Sidenote, I’ve been quite busy on school, there were not a lot of posts this month so I hope I can make up for it in October, or maybe not, lets see how it goes…