Happy New Year! I hope that Elon Musk goes bankrupt soon because that would be really funny.
@godpod Considering the number of people who left 🐦 today, I expect the stock to plunge tomorrow.
@MugsysRapSheet @godpod How many left? Where are the numbers? I much prefer the #Fediverse but still check two or three accounts that aren't on here yet.
@ArborealTechie @godpod You won't find any "numbers" b/c there's no official "I left your site" process other than "Close Your Account", which even *I* didn't do. I still have plenty of content over there that I may need again.
@MugsysRapSheet @godpod Thanks. I haven't seen any mention of numbers defecting recently, unlike a few weeks ago. However unreliable those numbers may be. Just wondered if there had been another spike.
@ArborealTechie @godpod I can only say that "personally" I've seen a lot of posts from people announcing they had officially left #TheSiteThatShallNotBeNamed as of today.
@ArborealTechie @MugsysRapSheet @godpod some of us who left were precluded from deactivating our accounts by suspicious suspensions in the middle of it. But since October, Mastodon gained almost 9 million new members (the active ones)
@edgeoforever @MugsysRapSheet @godpod Thank you. I'm realise there's no accurate way of knowing the true scale, as Musk isn't going to provide stats and many users will have either jumped to other platforms or just discontinued/reduced time on the bird site in favour of existing accounts on FB/IG etc.