In the thread for my post above, @itscooldani posts image of low FAV to BOOST ratio (3 to 130) for my post ("BOOST if you've told someone about Mastodon. BOOST AND FAV if they've joined"), suggesting many have spread the word about Mastodon but few brought in new users. However, the fediverse seems to have a significant lag in updating FAV counts. For the most current ratio, see my original post here: https://sciences.social/@conradhackett/109440708787935279.
The ratio is actually pretty close: 268 FAVs to 327 BOOSTs right now.

@conradhackett hahaha nice try pal

@conradhackett @Exoticgamora more than a few

@conradhackett What does boost mean here?

@conradhackett honestly, I think most of my friends wish I'd shut up about it.

@conradhackett I have told people about Mastodon and persuaded two people to join. But I won't boost or fav this because I don't think this is the kind of post that needs to be spread.

@conradhackett day one for me! Still getting my feet wet.

@conradhackett Literally 0 favorites 2 hours in and over 200 boosts! 😬 Yikes!

@conradhackett Hmm not a great ratio haha

@conradhackett no

@conradhackett no one has joined when i asked because theyre too stubborn

@conradhackett preach to all those that would appreciate this environment

@conradhackett happy to say that I've told a number of my peeps from that other platform, and several of them have joined 😊

@conradhackett a note on boost to fave ratio: no one knows they recruited me because it took repeated exposure and escalating harm from a certain billionaire to get me here. no one is singularly responsible for my joining, and if you had to credit one person it would be someone who i really hope does not have an account because I’d rather he not exist 🙈🙉🙊

@conradhackett
When & why did you join Mastodon? I recently left Twitter and am still trying to figure out if this app is a good substitute. Thank you in advance…

@conradhackett did a debrief for our marketing team, had it listed on my contacts for the last two conference talks I gave, and have been talking with multiple folks about it at least several have joined since then 

@conradhackett or you could have posted a poll...

@[email protected] please leave these engagement tactics back at Twitter. One of the things I truly loathed are “retweet if” “who’s with me” and “raise your hand” tweets. They’re just litter in our feeds.

@conradhackett first post I’ve seen with twitter vibes. Get off my timeline.

@conradhackett I'm sorry, but I'm not going to. I've already got "RT if" muted on Twitter, and I don't want to encourage it here . . . The answer is yes to both, though.

@conradhackett my mom joined right away and loves it. She has also now brought people on.