I mean, Mastodon's founder and most of its userbase are definitely left-leaning, but I think the sole reason that it's Parler seeing the surge is because that's

I mean, Mastodon's founder and most of its userbase are definitely left-leaning, but I think the sole reason that it's Parler seeing the surge is because that's where a lot of right-wing pundits decided to go to. Dinesh D'Souza, Ted Cruz, Devin Nunes, Sean Hannity, etc. It also kinda helps that Parler has a central authority that's able to verify certain accounts. Mastodon's designed not to support that "feature".