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> a lot A few thousand out of millions is not a lot. The fact that it took them until now to leave, just a few weeks after Musk took over, shows that it's not

> a lot A few thousand out of millions is not a lot. The fact that it took them until now to leave, just a few weeks after Musk took over, shows that it's not anything policy-related and motivated entirely by the removal of insiders from positions of influence within Twitter. Now they want to go infest the Fediverse. I think they'll find they're just as unwelcome there as they are on Twitter.

ttiurani 4y ago
> A few thousand It's around 5000 per hour, well over a million new active users this month. https://mastodon.social/@atomicpoet/109368148529393065 https://mastodon.social/@atomicpoet/109368148529393065
MiguelX413 4y ago
https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/07/boosted-by-twitter-drama-mastodon-reaches-1-million-active-monthly-users https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/07/boosted-by-twitter-drama-m... A few million, in contrast, is a lot. I partially agree that there were already several reasons to leave and that only leaving now means many will return. However, as someone who's been on the Fediverse for years and never found Twitter even usable, I must say the following: I don't really see how those users were in positions of power or influence, not do I see how they would be an infestation to the Fediverse. I also have not seen much unwelcoming content to the Twitter refugees in my area of the Fediverse. Though it is very hard to make judgments about the Fediverse since it's not even centralized or monolithic. https://pleroma.miguelcr.me/notice/APk4LL8HJtqJIoA2m8 https://pleroma.miguelcr.me/notice/APk4LL8HJtqJIoA2m8
rsynnott 4y ago
There's an aspect of quality vs quantity. At this point, most of the people I'm actually bothered about following are on Mastodon (this may a feature of my bubble, of course, but it works for me). There are, granted, a lot fewer first-name-bunch-of-numbers weirdos hassling people in the replies, but, I mean, I can live with that.

ttiurani 4y ago

> A few thousand It's around 5000 per hour, well over a million new active users this month. https://mastodon.social/@atomicpoet/109368148529393065 https://mastodon.social/@atomicpoet/109368148529393065

MiguelX413 4y ago

https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/07/boosted-by-twitter-drama-mastodon-reaches-1-million-active-monthly-users https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/07/boosted-by-twitter-drama-m... A few million, in contrast, is a lot. I partially agree that there were already several reasons to leave and that only leaving now means many will return. However, as someone who's been on the Fediverse for years and never found Twitter even usable, I must say the following: I don't really see how those users were in positions of power or influence, not do I see how they would be an infestation to the Fediverse. I also have not seen much unwelcoming content to the Twitter refugees in my area of the Fediverse. Though it is very hard to make judgments about the Fediverse since it's not even centralized or monolithic. https://pleroma.miguelcr.me/notice/APk4LL8HJtqJIoA2m8 https://pleroma.miguelcr.me/notice/APk4LL8HJtqJIoA2m8

rsynnott 4y ago

There's an aspect of quality vs quantity. At this point, most of the people I'm actually bothered about following are on Mastodon (this may a feature of my bubble, of course, but it works for me). There are, granted, a lot fewer first-name-bunch-of-numbers weirdos hassling people in the replies, but, I mean, I can live with that.