Here's another tracker that shows a higher number. https://fediverse.observer/stats https://fediverse.observer/stats I suspect it's hard to measure this accur

Here's another tracker that shows a higher number. https://fediverse.observer/stats https://fediverse.observer/stats I suspect it's hard to measure this accurately as the users are spread over several thousand servers, and presumably servers can lie about their user count. It's like measuring how many email addresses exist, you can only estimate. What matters more to me is what kind of community exists. I joined Twitter late and found it was hard to engage because it was so chaotic. People shouting past eachother or making cheap shots. Not my thing, I didn't stay. Mastodon "looks like twitter" but doesn't feel like that. We know that community-based moderation can work at scale, that's what Reddit uses, so I'm hopeful Mastodon will keep it's safe feeling.