Maria BustillosAug 31, 2023

If you're wondering why there are so few news stories about the rise of #Mastodon, it's because nobody is getting paid to game the media about it.

There's no publicists, no cozy ad deals, no suits, no coercion: Nobody is getting rich off of Mastodon

... that's also why it's so enlightening and fun to participate here

Show threadBenjamin Leis ✅Aug 31, 2023
@maria I think the other issue is mastodon usership isn't growing and so it's a niche news item.
Show threadMaria BustillosAug 31, 2023

@benleis

Not growing?!

(also: Twitter itself had a very chaotic rise fall crash rise etc. to its eventual prominence)

https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/24/as-twitter-destroys-its-brand-by-renaming-itself-x-mastodon-usage-numbers-are-again-soaring/

TechCrunch is part of the Yahoo family of brands

Show threadBenjamin Leis ✅Aug 31, 2023
@maria yeah the MAU has been declining from 2.1m down to just under 1.8m since midsummer
Show threadMaria BustillosAug 31, 2023

@benleis

like the man said... "It will fluctuate."

Show threadBenjamin Leis ✅
@maria YMMV but this is not fluctuation it's a consistent week over week trend and it hasn't bottomed out yet. Hopefully it will be higher than the last trough of 1.2m prior to the midsummer Twitter scare.
Aug 31, 2023 at 7:33pmWeb