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.