I was a bit worried that the Kotaku article made Mastodon sound like an insular closed club, but judging by all the new sign ups there's probably no better way to make people want to sign up than to suggest that something is exclusive...
@Gargron I signed up because of the Kotaku article. Said this was "not Twitter". I'm in
@JonTonMcNugget @Gargron same thing! Though I feel a bit lost! #hello
@hogart @Gargron haha ya I read and watched some articles and I think I've got the hang of it