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 understand that more than half the people who went from Twitter to Threads have gone back. At some point they will try and dump it again and something with fewer influencers and not owned by a billionaire may seem worth a look.
@Gargron it still amazes me how such a polished social media platform hasn't yet got bigger, and the Meta's Treads is still a viable option, in Europe mostly (where for the last couple years the Union is trying to get big hungry for data platforms to comply with regulation).
@Gargron That's great, but I feel like Mastodon can still do more to promote itself as a viable Twitter alternative.
Maybe you guys can show how to use it in a cohesive and easy to understand way, that might get more users to join as I've seen that's one of the reasons that scare them away from using the site; It seems too complicated to the regular person.
@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.
@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 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
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 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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