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Mastodon Usage Soaring as Twitter Rebranding Leads to User Exodus: CEO Eugen Rochko (asumetech.com)
submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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[–] [email protected] 34 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You always get a boost when Elon does something stupid but I'm not seeing anything unusual about this one.. 'soaring' is relative. Usual is 500-1000 an hour and we're currently at 1500.

https://mastodon.social/@mastodonusercount/110774139508082609

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think people get excited because hypothetically, growth should accelerate. The more people are using mastadon, the more mastadon becomes a viable alternative to shitter

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Shitter is actually a nice mastodon (former twitter) client! :D