Rob JohnsonDec 28, 2022
Sascha Pallenberg 🇹🇼 ♻️ ⚡

"One of the biggest beneficiaries of billionaire Elon Musk’s chaotic ownership of Twitter is a small social network most people hadn’t heard of two months ago. "

https://www.nbcnews.com/data-graphics/twitter-owner-elon-musk-driving-user-growth-mastodon-rcna62832

#ElonMusk #Mastodon

Twitter owner Elon Musk is driving user growth at Mastodon

A chart shows Mastodon user growth as of December 2022 since Elon Musk purchased Twitter in October.

NBC News
Dec 25, 2022 at 3:12pmWeb
Show threadShriniDec 25, 2022
@pallenberg Nice! I wasn't even on Twitter but I heard about Mastodon and joined to see what it was like. I am still here :)
Show threadBruce Halperin Dec 28, 2022
@pallenberg @shrini Welcome!
Show threadPaul Chambers🚧Dec 25, 2022

@pallenberg

Worth noting, according to Pew research, a 2021 study showed that a small number of users create 97% of original tweets and 82% of all tweets from all users aren't original content but replies and retweets.

Pew: 'Comparing highly active and less active tweeters'

https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2021/11/15/2-comparing-highly-active-and-less-active-tweeters/

2. Comparing highly active and less active tweeters

In addition to surveying respondents who use Twitter about their experiences on the site, Pew Research Center also asked those Twitter users if they would

Pew Research Center: Internet, Science & Tech
Show threadMazal ​Dec 28, 2022

@paul @pallenberg reply guy = 🙋‍♀️​

guilty 😬​

Show threadSpock0 🏳️‍🌈Dec 28, 2022
@paul @pallenberg that makes a lot of sense, especially with the vast number of bots on the site who exist solely to pad people’s follower count and signal boost posts by liking, retweeting & replying.
Show threadThe Big Nickel 🇨🇦Dec 26, 2022
@pallenberg Nice own goal there, Elon.
Show threadherrMartinDec 28, 2022

@pallenberg

Finally something is moving again with the internet and it is not driven by idiots straight out of the Idiocracy movie ... I mean the crypto bros.

Show threadSascha Pallenberg 🇹🇼 ♻️ ⚡Dec 28, 2022
@herrMartin absolutely! It's a small but also a very influential movement
Show threadTaylor SilverDec 28, 2022
@pallenberg hey that’s me in that last spike!
Show threadJohn CarlsenDec 28, 2022
@pallenberg was the tallest spike due to the "email ultimatum" or was it reversing the ban on Trump, which also happened Nov 19?
Show threadJoeDec 28, 2022

@johnlogic @pallenberg Not even sure what the "email ultimatum" was. I ditched twitter when the first thing Musk did after buying it was to boost the Pelosi's husband conspiracy theory. All other info was second hand. I did hear about Trump's ban reversal so I think that's more likely.

Oh.. Was the email ultimatum when Musk talked about hardcore programming?

Show threadCarrieDec 28, 2022
@jobotics @johnlogic @pallenberg I left when he decided all the nazis and COVID deniers could come back.
Show threadDusty BeoDec 28, 2022
@pallenberg Thank goodness for Mastodon! 🎉
Show threadDaniel JonssonDec 28, 2022
@pallenberg Great to see
Show threadDaniel JonssonDec 28, 2022
@pallenberg Has he calmed down since he banned social media links?
Show threadGoldengladiatorDec 28, 2022
@pallenberg I'm honestly starting to hope that Twitter goes down for good and people flock to Mastodon.