Eugen RochkoJun 22, 2024
One of the strengths of Mastodon is our API that allows 3rd party developers to create powerful integrations and full-featured apps on entirely equal footing with our own, with absolute confidence that there will never be a rug-pull. I've decided to check how the diversity of tools looked like in practice.
Show threadEugen RochkoJun 22, 2024

Here's a glimpse of this month's most popular publishing tools. It's just the data for posts made in June on mastodon.social:

- Web 23.9%
- Jetpack 6.5%
- Mastodon for Android 6.3%
- Mastodon for iOS 4%
- Tusky 3.3%
- IFTTT 3.2%
- Ivory for iOS 2.5%
- IceCubes 1.1%
- Mona for iPhone 0.7%
- Elk 0.4%
- Phanpy 0.3%

The rest is divided up between literally a thousand other sources. It means around 66% of users are posting from 3rd party apps and integrations!

Show threadJohn GruberJun 22, 2024
@Gargron What explains the prominence of IFTTT?
Show threadRenaud Chaput
@gruber @Gargron probably the same as Jetpack: bots reposting from other sources (RSS, websites…). Those tend to post orders or magnitude more than human users, 24/7
Jun 22, 2024 at 7:59pmWeb
Show threadShannon ClarkJun 22, 2024

@renchap @gruber @Gargron I would guess some may also be people/companies that rolled their own ifttt approach to posting the same content to multiple places though how to differentiate that from bots is likely tricky.

(Does make me wonder how many accounts used multiple tools - ie automation for scheduled posts but a different tool that they use to reply to comments, boost, or read themselves.)

Show threadJeremy HerveJun 22, 2024

@renchap @gruber @Gargron In the case of Jetpack, folks can only link their Mastodon account to a WordPress site they own (or where they are one of the authors).

I would consequently expect Mastodon accounts who post a lot via Jetpack to be news sites, that publish a lot of posts each day.