Chris TrottierMar 28, 2023

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

@fediversenews

Show threadMinnesotaJoe
@atomicpoet @mmasnick @fediversenews I finally ended up deleting the remaining two tweets on my account (having to do with a loved one’s passing), turned on Privacy, logged out, and deleted the app today. I have zero interest in being on a site where only Twitter Blue users can engage in discourse.
Mar 28, 2023 at 11:08pmWeb
Show threadJofish5000Mar 29, 2023
@MinnesotaJoe @atomicpoet @mmasnick @fediversenews that must have been pretty difficult, I still have a text from a loved one that died 6 years ago.
Show threadMinnesotaJoeMar 29, 2023
@Jofish5000 Thank you, kindly. It was tough, and literally was the only reason I had held off for so long. I have the text messages saved as well, and read through them whenever I’m missing him a lot. We texted daily for years, so there are many reminders of happy times to lean on.