Conrad Hackett 
Challenge: Respond with any *new* observation about Mastodon or Twitter.
Lorry@conradhackett Nobody on #Mastodon argued against the assertion that (in general) American #Cheese was awful.
The Tower Bard@Lorry @conradhackett it just doesn’t need to even exist. Why is it here? What does it want from us?
Dominique Julia@Lorry
Early 80's, day 2 in the US, my host family cut a slice off a white block of something in the fridge. When asked to say what it was, I replied "no idea". Of course I'm French.
@conradhackett
Early 80's, day 2 in the US, my host family cut a slice off a white block of something in the fridge. When asked to say what it was, I replied "no idea". Of course I'm French.
@conradhackett
Greys Abiding 🎹@conradhackett
There is no way to prove that I am on the cutting edge of new observations.
There is no way to prove that I am on the cutting edge of new observations.
Doctor Biobrain@conradhackett I smell slightly better on Mastodon than in real life.
Noob@conradhackett #mastodon has more potential than #twitter the only place it lacks is the number of daily users.
Plutoniumeater@Jazzlameycsatcataract @conradhackett We will grow well together.
Tristan Louis@conradhackett It took 17 years for Twitter to get to 450M users... At the current rate of growth it will take * checks notes* 17 years for Mastodon to get to 450M users :)
CautionWIP 🎃+🇨🇦+🏳️🌈= 
@conradhackett “Twitter” repeats the letter “T” three times, while “Mastodon” repeats the letter “O” twice. Twitter capitalized one “T” as the indicator that it’s a proper noun, so we can ignore it in our calculations. Both examples duplicate a single letter, but as “T” has a higher usage frequency in English we know that the emphasis on “O” represents a freshness and rarity that suggests “Mastodon” is more valuable.
There’s some original bullshit for ya. :)
David Mitchell Seems closer to pachyderm shit than bullshit to me 😉
Reminds me of the classic proof that Barney is Satan
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Stephan Waba 
@conradhackett #Mastodon keeps me hooked constantly, whereas #Twitter didn't. In spite of all the fancy algorithms and clever functionalities... And I can have my very own Emojis. That's the best! 
Trudy Harpham PhD@conradhackett scrolling Mastodon in bed at night is soporific.
Cảm ơn@conradhackett I feel much safer replying to posts on here
Thom Pintello@conradhackett I want to see scientists through genetic manipulation bring back a living mastodon within my lifetime.
Kelsbels@conradhackett if I’m missing some of my birdie faves, I hop over to @EmmaKennedy who is a great booster and Mastodon advocate 👏🏼#Followtip
Jonathan Downie@conradhackett If you're sick of twitter, Mastodon is excellent tweetment.
Jesper Padkær Petersen@conradhackett Perhaps mastodon could profit from an algorithm or we just need to provide more content ?
@conradhackett I just need to be patient, it took me a while to grow my Twitter feed 13 years ago.
ALF@conradhackett Recreating my sources of information on Mastodon after a decade of Twitter lists is going to be a challenge.
Nick@conradhackett I am getting exponentially more Twitter Notifications now than ever - and I don’t use it anymore.
Feels like a desperate attempt to lure a user back. “Remember the fun we used to have?! The jokes, the memes, the …white nationalism?”
Feels like a desperate attempt to lure a user back. “Remember the fun we used to have?! The jokes, the memes, the …white nationalism?”
Stephanie Reed ♠️@conradhackett #Mastodon doesn't have ads
Elijah Waxwing@conradhackett admins everywhere are discovering quickly that to run a server means making hard calls on moderation and having people mad at you all the time
Daniel R.@conradhackett when you get angry you can tear both of them to bits.
Tim Chambers@conradhackett This was new from my team: https://indieweb.social/@tchambers/109444878965910054
Studied the rate of the #TwitterMigration using public new users numbers, new accounts in users Twitter bios, and mentions in Tweets.
Tim Chambers (@[email protected])
Attached: 1 image My team at work just launched new research on the #TwitterMigration: We analyze which platforms are growing - especially #Mastodon, #Tumblr & #Post. We look at which sites users are adding to their Twitter bios, posting to their friends about & downloading apps for. Please do boost this, and love to hear any comments or feedback on it! Download it here: https://www.deweysquare.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/DSG-Snapshot-of-the-Twitter-Migration-December-12-2022.pdf
@tchambers Yes, I read this with interest and I think I was one of the first to retweet the report over on Twitter. Nice work!