Dieter P.
Eugen RochkoMastodon's monthly active user numbers have risen by 84,579 since the Twitter buyout story broke on Monday (and I do mean across the Mastodon network, not this server)
Mastodon has gained 106,723 monthly active users since the end of March (when Elon bought 9.2% of Twitter's shares). 93,603 are new accounts. Overall that's a 42% increase in Mastodon's MAU.
Chris Trottier@Gargron Interactions are a lot like the early days of Twitter.
narohdethan@atomicpoet @Gargron Yeah. Pretty much just people talking to each other like normal human beings, instead of trying to come up with 'a banger'.
@narohdethan @Gargron Or blue checks quote tweeting you so their sycophant hordes can witness the dunk.
lashman@lashman @atomicpoet @Gargron It's honestly very scary. On Twitter, everyone is one 'wrong' QRT away of being dogpiled, being harassed and possibly doxxed.
@lashman @narohdethan @Gargron Here's a true story. Back in 2016, I said that Trump is actually Jesus Christ who's returned to Earth. It was sarcasm, and anyone aware of the tweet in context would know that.
Fast forward to this year, some angry dude was looking for dirt on me, resurrected that tweet, and said I was a secret Trump cultist creating dissension within liberal ranks.
All this because he misunderstood another tweet that he found through search.
@lashman @atomicpoet @Gargron Damn, I'm sorry that happened to you. In any case, imagine leading such a life that they felt the need of spending their precious, limited time on Earth trying to discredit someone for Internet clout.
@narohdethan @lashman @Gargron Such is the Internet. The stakes are low, but we'll act like every argument is like a battle in the Lord of the Rings.
Antarctic Chique@atomicpoet @lashman @narohdethan The technology here doesn't really prevent or even discourage from quote-dunking, nor could it really. You can post a direct link to a post or a screenshot and "lmao" on top of it just as easily.
Digging up dirt on the other hand is actually less trivial than on the centralized silos, because searching the fediverse is hard.
Digging up dirt on the other hand is actually less trivial than on the centralized silos, because searching the fediverse is hard.
@pingviini @lashman @narohdethan It's not hard but it's still a barrier to entry. As inconsequential as it sounds, taking a screenshot and then uploading it takes more work than a one-click QRT.
@atomicpoet @lashman @narohdethan True, particularly on phones. I still sometimes forget that to the vast majority of people their social media is primarily, often exclusively, an app. I still hate posting from my phone.
@pingviini @atomicpoet @narohdethan yup, i was about to say the same - people are generally lazy, and most of them won't even want to bother going through the trouble of screenshotting stuff :P
Avi 🦝@atomicpoet @lashman I'm not sure if I'm gonna completely delete my birdsite account (too much history in game dev stuff) but I should definitely delete my old tweets. Stuff like this scares me.
was B (this is my old account)@Gargron count me in 😜
But forreal, grateful folks are exploring the possibility space. There’s still so much to come!
But forreal, grateful folks are exploring the possibility space. There’s still so much to come!
Cornelius W. M. Oettle@Gargron I'd like to welcome all the new users! Feel free to follow & ask me if you have any questions!
phnx, abandoned account@Gargron not half bad. Now let's see how many stick around.
Moonlightsiesta@moonlightsiesta I've been seeing a lot of #introductions (or #neuhier, in the German corners) and trying my best to help people out the past few days. Let's give everyone a warm welcome.
cybik 
@Gargron 🚀 to the mesosphere!
*then* the exosphere. We don't want to hit escape velocity too fast, lest the software explode.
beneoffiziell@Gargron 84,579 Freund*innen 💗💗💗
Dam@Gargron Even so, that's pretty nuts!
Gloopsies 
@Gargron and I hope it keeps on growing! Everyone I've talked about why they won't use Mastodon did that there are no active users here so I hope we can prove them wrong
rei@gloopsies @Gargron quite the opposite really, users here are terminally active
Ollie@Gargron why do I keep getting this on "Local" and "Federated" view on my Tusky app?
@nonordinarytiles These timelines require some of the heaviest database queries to display, so I have disabled them here to make everything else work faster.
@Gargron Got it. But how am I supposed to find new accounts and follow new people? I use these views mainly to find new content.
@nonordinarytiles Check out the explore tab! I don't know if Tusky has added it yet, but we have an official Android app that does have it. Or the web app.
Fisher Root@Gargron @nonordinarytiles También es posible encontrar gente interesante buscando por etiquetas, los temas que más nos gusten. Así es como yo descubro, tanto publicaciones, como personas, que tratan sobre los mismos temas en los que estoy interesado. #⃣
Jim Jones@nonordinarytiles @Gargron If you explore or click on the #introduction and #introductions hashtag, you will find a lot of people. Bonus... they are talking about what they like and are interested in socializing about.
deutrino@nonordinarytiles Join a different instance, mastodon.social is so large that (as you've found) it offers a degraded experience.
Thorsten
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©️ 🦣 ᶤѕ€𝔤𝐫Į𝓂𝓶 🐺_1st.@Gargron THX ... but - as i said a few minutes ago - on a PC it works well ... they are only not displayed on Smartphones.
jordan@Gargron ill keep this in mind for my little 1 core vm server 😅
ほしぞらを見る@Gargron @nonordinarytiles that is sad. Will they come back in the future?
Lukas Barth@Gargron @nonordinarytiles These timelines are not custom-tailored to each user, right? Everyone gets to see the same 'local' timeline?
Then maybe it would be a nice feature if #mastodon could periodically (say once per minute?) pre-generate this timeline, and then everyone gets this cached timeline for the next minute.
Might be a nice "first aid measure" for overloaded instances?
@tinloaf @nonordinarytiles That's the problem, it's not pre-generated but it does have to be tailored for everyone according to mutes, blocks, domain blocks, and language filters.
MrAldisa
Amy (she/her)@Gargron @nonordinarytiles And if a few of the new users joined patreon or otherwise donated, would that help you get these feature back online sooner?
(I ask as I have the patreon page open and I'm trying to decide which tier to support at.)
Pro-Anti-Everything@Gargron @nonordinarytiles Will they be returning?
Marcus Kida@Gargron I remember when the WhatsApp / Facebook acquisition happened and there were few days where people moved to other messengers (Threema in particular). I hope this won’t be a similar situation but more people adopt and stick to Mastodon (etc.)
Ghost0x0@Gargron
what about the user growth trends?
what about the user growth trends?
Guna 
@Gargron it's time for mastodon rising
tSatty@Gargron does that include the instances that have blocked mastodon.social?
@zatnosk Yes, presumably, though I am not aware of any such servers and doubt it would make a difference on the numbers.
The Chaotic Good@Gargron It feels like this is a good indication of how people would quite like to have safety and respect on their networks.
carolppa@Gargron Wow! That is quite a change.
Christian Ramon
Blue@Gargron whoa, sounds cool, but how much would that be in relative numbers?
@Gargron How many are there now? And can you break it down to weekly and daily AU?
Konstantinos Kadoglou@Gargron Most people will probably leave after a while again. Best thing would be to get as much feedback from all the new users for now and keep improving.
I do think a good mobile app experience is an important factor to keep people in #mastodon
P.S. I'm also new here and I want to congratulate all the people who contributed on this project.
CommodoreSpence@Gargron Been a couple days here now and I like it
Snigdha (Snig's Kitchen)@Gargron I have just joined Mastodon in case there are negative changes over at the Bird Site. Twitter users will have to wait and see what happens as a result of this buyout.
fahru@Gargron wow that is a LOT (I think?)