For the past 6 hours, there’s been 2,000+ Mastodon account creations per hour.

This hasn’t happened since December 2022.

@mmasnick predicted that Elon Musk’s new Twitter Blue policies would result in another Mastodon migration, and it looks like he’s right.

Once Twitter effectively becomes “pay to play”, Mastodon suddenly becomes more appealing.

https://mastodon.social/@mastodonusercount/110102918619817258

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@atomicpoet @mmasnick @fediversenews
It's not just the new Blue policies. There's also this which finally led many people I know to jump ship:

https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/110101186949855394

Aral Balkan (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image If you’re intending on paying for Twitter in a few days time, this is the bigot you’ll be supporting financially. (Please feel free to share with anyone you know who might be planning to do so.) Via @[email protected] #twitter #elonMusk #bigot

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