Eugen RochkoOct 28, 2022
I got asked this by a few different journalists today, so I'm just going to share the numbers. 10,801 people signed up on different Mastodon servers today, and 22,139 since last week.
Show threadEugen RochkoOct 29, 2022
Update: 49,215 new users across different Mastodon servers since yesterday. Probably a lot of them are actually from yesterday. My crawler only runs once a day so I get a bit of a delayed view of things.
Show threadEugen RochkoOct 30, 2022
So, that total... By the end of day, it's more like 70,849... That's quite a lot for a single day, isn't it. Federated social media is better than commercial silos, and I'm happy that more people are learning about it.
Show threadJ.R. OrciOct 30, 2022
@Gargron Just wait until Trump and Infowars are reinstated on Twitter. I hope Mastodon can handle the load.
Show threadBen Ramsey
@orci @Gargron The federated ecosystem can handle the load. It’s more a question of whether the flagship instances can keep up. 😊
Oct 30, 2022 at 12:49amWeb
Show threadTim ChambersOct 30, 2022
@ramsey @orci @Gargron this is a good argument that one key way to help the Fediverse project is to launch or support more instances….
Show threadBen RamseyOct 30, 2022
@tchambers @orci @Gargron I think it’ll happen. As more move, they’ll naturally coalesce into communities and create instances, but when they’re starting out, the flagship instances are the most logical to join and get an idea of what things are like.
Show threadScumlord Eris, Acolyte of AnnaOct 30, 2022
@ramsey @orci @Gargron we shouldn't have flagship instances anyway, better to split the load between all of us and have the flagship instances help make that happen
Show thread(((Jann Gobble)))🏳️‍🌈Oct 30, 2022
@ramsey @orci @Gargron exactly! One might think they’d not be able to - seeing as how many were really really laggy today alone!