Mastodawn

Randahl Fink Aug 3, 2024

On all the Mastodon statistics sites, Mastodon is bleeding active users.

Examples:

Picture 1: https://mastodon.fediverse.observer/stats

Picture 2: https://fedidb.org/software/mastodon

I suspect this is due to Mark Zuckerberg embracing the ideas of the Fediverse and giving every Instagram user a Threads account that he controls.

Mastodon performs better, is more open, has better app choice, and will never have ads. Threads has critical mass.

The world will be far better if Mastodon wins, but right now Mastodon is losing.

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Yep. Threads sucked the oxygen out of alternative social media momentum.

Same thing is happening on BlueSky. The numbers seem to show the same dynamic, and they are basically not growing at all despite having investment and trying hard etc.

As far as the fediverse is concerned. I don’t think it was ready. The whole instances thing is just bad UX. No mobile identity makes it worse. And decentralisation without more is in many ways a bad form of social media (eg BIPOC issues).