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It's impressive how quickly those bot accounts can jump ship. Now Mastodon use them to juice their growth figures. p.s. They gained accounts. That's not the sa
by chiefalchemist 4y ago
It's impressive how quickly those bot accounts can jump ship. Now Mastodon use them to juice their growth figures.
p.s. They gained accounts. That's not the same as actual users using the platform.
- moooo99 4y agoMastodon is a not for profit project ran by many community members in a federated fashion. What do they have to gain by „juicing“ their growth figures?
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- chiefalchemist 4y agoI don't follow your logic. That makes them holy? Ego-less? Better than the rest of us? Evidently, they gain media favor. They were the source of those figures, yes? So why even say anything? Not-for-profit !== higher calling. It simply means a different set of financial and ta rules. Nothing more. Nothing less.