I haven't been following it very closely but looks like Mastodon's monthly active user count climbed back up to 2.1M over the last couple of weeks. Not far off from our last peak!
@Gargron I lost all contacts to mastodon.social after the server upgrade on det.social /o\ There is no way to find out, why this happened and how to prevent it, isnt it? (Or to restore it?)
@Gargron I joined, went back to Twitter and am back again. I still have an account on Twitter but trying to break the habit. It would help if I could find more reliable journalists and funny folks here. It’s harder here but increasingly worth the additional effort.
@Gargron I stopped using it for a bit, and then Threads came out, and I was SO tempted to join because everyone was on there, and then I heard that Threads has announced they will eventually implement ActivityPub so I can follow all the people on there without needing to actually BE on there so I've doubled down and I'm back on here.
@Gargron in the YouTube / disgruntled ex-twitter circles, I see a lot of misunderstandings around the concept of servers. I have heard a lot of high profile people say that servers are isolated from each other, causing them (and their followers) to not give Mastodon a shot. Maybe we suck at advertising 🙂
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I hope it keeps growing but 2.1M is tiny compared to other social media sites. I suppose they started out small too.
I think part of the problem for some people who are interested in joining is trouble picking an instance from the thousands that are available. There is a list of instances but probably most people don't know about it.
@Gargron Mastodon and the Fedi have felt so freaking alive lately!
This summer is some of the most fun I’ve ever had here because there are so many voices, posts, discussions, replies, etc. it feels way more vibrant here than any other social network I’m on. Seriously!
@Gargron 2.1M must be divided by 10 to get closer to real data. I can't understand how you can include as active user someone that did one time login a month ago. My 2cc 🤟
@Gargron While I totally understand you watching the metrics, Mastodon has always proven not to rely on those numbers when it comes to quality interactions. I find public discussion on here so much more valuable.
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