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It's hard to say what critical mass is, and not knowing that, it's hard to say it has or hasn't been reached. Half a million people signed up earlier this week
by guerrilla 4y ago
It's hard to say what critical mass is, and not knowing that, it's hard to say it has or hasn't been reached. Half a million people signed up earlier this week and it's still going strong at a consistent ~2,000/hour. A handful of famous people have also moved and a few others have reserved accounts. Maybe this isn't the tipping point, but maybe it is. In any case, it's not "pointless" for the people who did move. It's community, and a hell of a lot less toxicity (so far anyway.)
- crackercrews 4y agoAccount creation does not equal regular usage. Does anyone know how much people are actually using mastodon?
- toofy 4y agomy timeline feels pretty much identical to how it did when i was using twitter. maybe a bit better. the conversations are significantly better-a massive drop in low-tier/low-effort/annoying comments. but my experience may be different from others—my circles were already pretty actively looking to get off twitter and the recent changes just put the final nail in. if you’re interested in infosec, the infosec.exchange community has a massive chunk of former infosec twitter and it’s very very active.
- tlavoie 4y agoI think the cool thing (regarding toxicity) is that with moderation at the instance level, and instances able to choose their federation partners, there are natural limits that aren't in place with a half-assed moderation in a centralized system. It's sort of "think global, act local", but for discussion.
- TMWNN 4y ago>and a hell of a lot less toxicity (so far anyway. To the most engaged on Twitter, toxicity is a feature, not a bug.