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1M new Mastodon accounts were created in the past month

39 points by ZacnyLos 4y ago

rhyme-boss 4y ago
Is that a lot? How many new accounts were created April 2022?
- mdaniel 4y ago
  I was mildly curious to see if that was hiding in the timeline of the posted account (named @mastodonusercount) but since the thing posts every hour and the Mastodon API paginates 40 at a time, and there do not appear to be any facets in their search api (https://docs.joinmastodon.org/methods/search/#query-parameters https://docs.joinmastodon.org/methods/search/#query-paramete...) that would enable date ranges, then I guess it's just a mystery for the ages. I tried being crafty with offset=10000 to see if I could massively skip backward but nope
- robga 4y ago
  Fediverse.observer indicates 111k new accounts in Apr 2022 across many fediverse platforms including mastodon. Currently, mastodon has about 70-75% market share by accounts. It seems to be approx 10x growth YoY.
tbalsam 4y ago
I love the concept, I think we're waiting for that tidal shift now. Hopefully something big enough happens so that people move en masse, otherwise I fear a slow slide into worsening and worsening conditions on Twitter. :'(
- mycall 4y ago
  NPR boycotting Twitter might be a sign.
  - vosper 4y ago
    If NPR moves anywhere it's more likely to be something like post.news than Mastodon. I predict they'll be back on Twitter within a few weeks. Twitter's gravity is still too intense to escape, especially for media orgs and journos.
unpopularopp 4y ago
Well I'm curious when the normies join because whenever I check the Explore tab it's always the same. Like right now: - republicans bad - nazis bad - fediverse stats - fediverse stats - fediverse stats - nazis bad - nazis bad - musk bad - fediverse good - chatgpt - nazis bad - corporations bad - republicans bad - republicans bad etc. Where are the video games, celebs, Kpop stans, sport highlights?
- SettembreNero 4y ago
  It's very rare to se an homepage/explore tab with this amount of pure truth, sounds amazing!
- ZacnyLos 4y ago
  It depends on the instance you're using. You can always change it to more suited to your peers.
- throwawaymanbot 4y ago
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bleep_bloop 4y ago
After using Mastadon for a little over 3 months now I am more sure than ever that it will not and can not replace Twitter. Specifically for your every day, normal non techie user. The decentralised model just isn't user friendly enough. It's confusing and too circle jerky. It's difficult to find someone, hell even just selecting a server to host your account is a pain. It's definitely not a Twitter killer.
- ahefner 4y ago
  You say that like it's a bad thing.
- jacooper 4y ago
  And the problem is its mostly fixable, its just bone headed design decisions. Like limiting search, not showing the tweet replied to in the timeline, not backfilling external accounts and so on and so fourth.
dagorenouf 4y ago
now the real question is: is it more than the number of new accounts created on twitter?
- krapp 4y ago
  That's not the real question. Mastodon can be successful without beating Twitter's numbers.
jfax 4y ago
Yeah and most of them won't remain active.

39 points by ZacnyLos 4y ago

rhyme-boss 4y ago

Is that a lot? How many new accounts were created April 2022?

mdaniel 4y ago
I was mildly curious to see if that was hiding in the timeline of the posted account (named @mastodonusercount) but since the thing posts every hour and the Mastodon API paginates 40 at a time, and there do not appear to be any facets in their search api (https://docs.joinmastodon.org/methods/search/#query-parameters https://docs.joinmastodon.org/methods/search/#query-paramete...) that would enable date ranges, then I guess it's just a mystery for the ages. I tried being crafty with offset=10000 to see if I could massively skip backward but nope
robga 4y ago
Fediverse.observer indicates 111k new accounts in Apr 2022 across many fediverse platforms including mastodon. Currently, mastodon has about 70-75% market share by accounts. It seems to be approx 10x growth YoY.

tbalsam 4y ago

I love the concept, I think we're waiting for that tidal shift now. Hopefully something big enough happens so that people move en masse, otherwise I fear a slow slide into worsening and worsening conditions on Twitter. :'(

mycall 4y ago
NPR boycotting Twitter might be a sign.
- vosper 4y ago
  If NPR moves anywhere it's more likely to be something like post.news than Mastodon. I predict they'll be back on Twitter within a few weeks. Twitter's gravity is still too intense to escape, especially for media orgs and journos.

unpopularopp 4y ago

Well I'm curious when the normies join because whenever I check the Explore tab it's always the same. Like right now: - republicans bad - nazis bad - fediverse stats - fediverse stats - fediverse stats - nazis bad - nazis bad - musk bad - fediverse good - chatgpt - nazis bad - corporations bad - republicans bad - republicans bad etc. Where are the video games, celebs, Kpop stans, sport highlights?

SettembreNero 4y ago
It's very rare to se an homepage/explore tab with this amount of pure truth, sounds amazing!
ZacnyLos 4y ago
It depends on the instance you're using. You can always change it to more suited to your peers.
throwawaymanbot 4y ago
[dead]

bleep_bloop 4y ago

After using Mastadon for a little over 3 months now I am more sure than ever that it will not and can not replace Twitter. Specifically for your every day, normal non techie user. The decentralised model just isn't user friendly enough. It's confusing and too circle jerky. It's difficult to find someone, hell even just selecting a server to host your account is a pain. It's definitely not a Twitter killer.

ahefner 4y ago
You say that like it's a bad thing.
jacooper 4y ago
And the problem is its mostly fixable, its just bone headed design decisions. Like limiting search, not showing the tweet replied to in the timeline, not backfilling external accounts and so on and so fourth.

dagorenouf 4y ago

now the real question is: is it more than the number of new accounts created on twitter?

krapp 4y ago
That's not the real question. Mastodon can be successful without beating Twitter's numbers.

jfax 4y ago

Yeah and most of them won't remain active.