Mastodawn

Mike Masnick ✅Feb 8, 2023

More strange Mastodon reporting. This time from @thurrott, who claims "I’ve been using Mastodon since December, but the interaction there is almost non-existent compared to Twitter."

Dude, you follow 22 people. Try following more people. The "non-existent" interaction is *up to you*.

I've found WAY MORE interactions and engagement here than I ever had on Twitter. Plus fewer death threats.

https://www.thurrott.com/cloud/social/279094/mastodon-continues-to-lose-users

Mastodon Continues to Lose Users

Usage of Mastodon has dwindled over the past two months, with monthly active users plummeting to less than 1.4 million after hitting a peak of 2.5 million in December.

Thurrott.com

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Jonathan Feb 8, 2023

@mmasnick @thurrott I love Paul, he is one of my fav tech journalists, but yeah he needs to actually post here. My hot take: all the smart people have fled Twitter and I just did too! I find more rewarding discussion here, but it takes a while to realise this what you are seeing.

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Craig Grannell Feb 8, 2023

@jononz @mmasnick @thurrott He has twice as many posts in the past 24h on Twitter than here this year. It’s no wonder engagement is low.

And I get it. Building from scratch takes time. It might not work again. But the blame to at least some degree lies with the individual, not the system.

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@pineywoozle ‘s #3WordNote Feb 8, 2023

@craiggrannell @jononz @mmasnick @thurrott At 22 follows…I’d say the blame was pretty firmly rooted on his end. There’s no dearth of people explaining how #Mastodon actually works. If it’s not working it’s time to pick up a mirror.

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Craig Grannell

@Pineywoozle @jononz @mmasnick @thurrott I suspect some people want an instantaneous leap, which only seems to happen with mega-celebs. Everyone else has the choice of comparatively slowly building things up (by, primarily, engagement with other people and their interests) or, I suppose, complaining.

Personally, I’m having more fun here than I ever did on Twitter. My _hope_ is the place can also replace some of my work things (eg mobile app/game pitch requests).