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> As I type these words, a mass exodus is underway from Twitter and Facebook. No. Given that the number of Twitter users is increasing the premise of this arti
by ekianjo 4y ago
> As I type these words, a mass exodus is underway from Twitter and Facebook.
No. Given that the number of Twitter users is increasing the premise of this article is false.
- lanstin 4y agoMastodon has seen pretty solid increases in usage rhe last month or so. Certainly a lot of journalists, cs folks, and science people. and i believe Facebook usage has declined to the point it is discussed on earnings calls. Even very large and successful networked media companies can wither away (source: I worked at AOL once) https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46565/ozymandias https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46565/ozymandias
- bryanrasmussen 4y ago>Mastodon has seen pretty solid increases in usage the last month or so. Certainly a lot of journalists, cs folks, and science people. can it be people are keeping double presence, and would like to switch to Mastodon when it becomes convenient or necessary to do so, but right now are also on Twitter.
- ekianjo 4y ago> Mastodon has seen pretty solid increases in usage rhe last month or so. Certainly a lot of journalists, cs folks, and science people. Even if it gains 1 million users it will get to a few Million users, it's nothing vs the 250M active users on Twitter. I like Mastodon but let's not pretend it's going to be a major network anytime soon.
- phnofive 4y agoTwitter is basically the only source for this, but is it true?
- incompatible 4y agoHow many of them are bots?