I'm gaining followers here roughly at the same rate I'm losing them on Twitter, so THAT'S an interesting correlation
@scalzi that's super interesting
@scalzi soul siphoning is the big new thing in the social media space
@scalzi I feel like a Mastodon hipster, followed you back when we all set up camp here in 2017. (This is maybe the only way in which I may ever feel like a “hipster.”)
@scalzi After 13 years, my account there is on countdown to self-destruction (trying to give ppl time to find me here if they want to), so... 🤷
@scalzi There are worse guides into the wilderness!
@scalzi Some more cat and dog pictures would help , too
@scalzi Wish I could track it, but I don't know how many I had on the bird site before the dumpster fire...
@neuvel @scalzi https://analytics.twitter.com should give you an overview over the last few months.
Twitter Analytics

@AUROnline Interesting. I lost 57 in the last 28 days. (I don't have a ton to begin with) My top mention is me giving my handle here :)
@scalzi I followed you over here from twitter.

@scalzi

I just followed you here too. Now you are really winning!

@scalzi I'm still gaining followers over there, just because there seem to be a lot of new bots. I'm happy to be out of there.

@scalzi
I can't remember the last time I looked at my TW counts...

Might have to pop over & check.

@scalzi Folowing here, but NOT yet deleted twitter.

Hint: if you do someone else can (probably? More research needed!) claim the name.

And with current twitter 'verification'...

@scalzi Same here, though I had 200 followers overnight earlier this week, and now there is a lull.
@scalzi Glad to see you're ramping up your activity here! I'll follow you on the legacy site as long as they still allow 3rd party clients (TweetBot in my case).
@scalzi I'm replying to you from another server entirely which is blowing my mind and really making me feel like mastodon has a place in my life. Twitter's feed was always a mess and with all the nazi inclusiveness felt gross, whcih that I can actually do something about with mastodon with limited to no drawbacks in changing servers.
@scalzi Yay, there you are! I'm still adapting to Mastadon but so far it's definitely less...angry?
@scalzi I'm *trying* to follow you here, but I haven't had much luck getting this thing to act like I'd expect. Eventually.
@scalzi One more. But I haven’t touched anything on Twitter!
@scalzi will prolly be dumping my Twitter now that I have my data dump