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Mastodon sees a boost from the 'X exodus' too, founder says (techcrunch.com)
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I’m a bit late on this one, why’s there been another exodus?

[–] Zombiepirate 12 points 2 months ago

From Wikipedia:

In November 2024, following Donald Trump's victory in the 2024 United States presidential election and Elon Musk's nomination as a co-executive of the proposed Department of Government Efficiency, Bluesky experienced a surge in new user registrations as people migrated from other social platforms, particularly Twitter. Many came from the United States, United Kingdom (where Bluesky had previously seen growth during the 2024 UK riots following Musk's commentary), and Canada. The social app added over 4 million registered users in that week, becoming the most popular app in the US App Store and Play Store.

[–] someguy3 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

X is full of white supremacists.

[–] TrickDacy 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Has been for over a decade

[–] someguy3 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Maybe I should say it's reached a real tipping point.

[–] TrickDacy 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yeah, that makes sense