JezJan 4, 2023
Stephen Shankland
Mastodon just crossed the 9 million account threshold. Back when I joined a few weeks ago it was 6 million. https://mstdn.social/@mastodonusercoun[email protected]/109627048505706645
Mastodon Users (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image 9,000,132 accounts +691 in the last hour +16,575 in the last day +113,372 in the last week

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Jan 3, 2023 at 8:24pmWeb
Show threadStephen ShanklandJan 3, 2023
(The above tweet is a good example of why I wish I could QT on Mastodon. It combines my own comment (not too deep in this case) with the original source's info and a way for people to get to it directly. I reconstructed it with a screenshot and link, which is not ideal. I know, I know, there's the "too much dunking" worry, but all I can say is I want QT several times each day, never for dunking, and its absence means I often don't do anything more than favorite a post.)
Show threadClaire Giordano ✨Jan 3, 2023

@stshank 110% agree. I think it's so important to share "why" we're boosting something, what exactly is it that we think is useful about it.

Maybe I'm in the minority but I've never once dunked on Twitter.

Show threadStephen ShanklandJan 3, 2023
@clairegiordano I've not been on the receiving end of a dunk campaign from a popular account QT dunking somebody, and I can see how that could be awful. But I don't see how that kind of abuse isn't possible the way I just wrote the Mastodon growth post. For me, so much of my communication is adding context, analysis, history, etc., so I really miss QT.
Show threadStephen ShanklandJan 3, 2023
@clairegiordano Oh, lookie here from yesterday: @Gargron is less unfavorably disposed toward QT (err, "quote posts"). "We're considering it." https://hachyderm.io/@Gargron@mastodon.social/109623891683665141
Eugen Rochko (@[email protected])

I don't feel as strongly about quote posts as I did in 2018. Personally, I am not a fan, but there is clearly a lot of demand for it. We're considering it.

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Show threadDarryl RammJan 4, 2023
@stshank agree, I miss quote tweeting as a useful tool.
Show threadBenj Soule🫂💙HumanityFirst🌅Jan 3, 2023
@stshank Bravo 👏
Show threadMKSinSAJan 3, 2023
@stshank
6 million Mastodon accounts is so 2022.
Show threadsteve o'gradyJan 3, 2023

@stshank out of curiosity, how many of your twitter follows are over here?

i'm at 217 of 928.

Show threadStephen ShanklandJan 3, 2023
@sogrady I'm not sure TBH. I pulled a bunch over with debirdify, but I follow 4K people on Twitter so it was a lot of grunt work. I found and followed a few dozen that way, and a number of others found me somehow so I followed them here. Also, activity (boosting, replying) has helped me reconstitute my social graph.
Show threadsteve o'gradyJan 4, 2023
@stshank this might help in that regard if you haven't already tried it: movetodon.org
Show threadStephen ShanklandJan 4, 2023

@sogrady Oh yeah that's way better. I've been meaning to try out the other migration services but this one is better.

"3963 / 3937 Friends checked, 538 found"

Show threadedgar Jan 3, 2023
@stshank @Madbasketballer the growth of #Mastodon is just amazing to see.
Show threadDave P. ☑️Jan 3, 2023
@stshank
Show threadGoldfish 🐠Jan 3, 2023
@stshank happy day!
Show threadJeffJan 3, 2023
@stshank Considering that it is a decentralized and federated system without a universally recognized identity authority, what really is the meaning of 9 million accounts? I could put up an instance right now and grind out 30 million new accounts for no reason.
Show threadStephen ShanklandJan 3, 2023
@jwb That's a fair point, though that would be a bother. There have been some suspicious blips and surges in the stats, but it seems at least some of those are because of changes in how the user tracking code works. If there were measures of usage, I'd love to see them, but I fear that's pretty hard given Mastodon's design.
Show threadAndiJan 3, 2023
@stshank I love the people here 🎉🎉🎉
Show threadNed YeungJan 3, 2023

@stshank Holy. It raised up to 2 million shortly after I joined.

I thought they were all coming to see me. ;)

Show threadvegangsterJan 3, 2023
@stshank and doesn't feel like any bot influx. 🤓
Show threadbkc Jan 3, 2023
@stshank @JohnMastodon Good job!
Show threadThomas H Jones IIJan 4, 2023
@stshank Timeout. Retry?
Show threadWob0Jan 4, 2023
@stshank Joined when it was about a million users.
Show threadsoapyJan 4, 2023
@stshank I just joined about a week ago, and I am slowly convincing my friends to come over as well. I hope twitter collapses.
Show threadMechanicrnJan 4, 2023
@stshank
Hello Stephan, Not much of a social networking person though did join Mastadon d/t worsening of Twitter issues. Would you give me a quick tutorial of how to navigate this site?
John
Show threadLorian TaylorJan 4, 2023
@stshank
Nice going Mastodon!!!
Show thread100rabh™Jan 4, 2023
@stshank Putting that into context, it was around 2 million when I joined in 2019
Show threadMorbidchromiumJan 4, 2023
@stshank I’m one. Just joined today.
Show threadGoNancyGoJan 4, 2023
@stshank Bravo! Congrats and thank you to all the volunteer admins!
Show threadAlfred StanleyJan 4, 2023
@stshank 50% growth in two months. Not bad. Need another "cyclone bomb" from Elon.
Show threadlippyduckJan 6, 2023
@stshank Any guesses as to how many it could take in its current form? Won't the instance-to-instance connections grow exponentially with each new one?