Neil MullensJan 7, 2023

Why aren't people staying here?

#ElonMusk drove more than a million people to #Mastodon, but many aren’t sticking around

The number of active users on the Mastodon social network has dropped more than 30% since the peak and is continuing a slow decline, according to the latest data posted on its website. There are around 1.8 million active users in the first week of January, down from over 2.5 million in early December.

https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2023/jan/08/elon-musk-drove-more-than-a-million-people-to-mastodon-but-many-arent-sticking-around

Elon Musk drove more than a million people to Mastodon – but many aren’t sticking around

More than 130,000 people were joining the new independent social media network a day in November. So why hasn’t it taken off?

The Guardian
Show threadMake Fascists Afraid AgainJan 7, 2023
@3DayMonk you tend to read a lot of stuff
Like this
Now maybe there's a niche audience but
Its not huge I'd say..
Show threadNeil Mullens
@culturalfawa 🤣 Yes. Having said that, when I first came over here, people were incredibly helpful. It feels like a community and, of course, it is!
Jan 7, 2023 at 10:46pmWeb
Show threadMake Fascists Afraid AgainJan 7, 2023
@3DayMonk no its got a lot of nice things going for it and I'll certainly stick around but I'll also poke at it a little just to keep things fizzing