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 RamseyOct 30, 2022
@orci @Gargron The federated ecosystem can handle the load. It’s more a question of whether the flagship instances can keep up. 😊
Show threadTim Chambers
@ramsey @orci @Gargron this is a good argument that one key way to help the Fediverse project is to launch or support more instances….
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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.