I bet my girlfriend that this picture of our cats could get 10 billion boosts on Mastodon.

She said she doesn't believe me. She said there's only 15 million accounts on Mastodon. She said there aren't even 10 billion people on Earth. She said it concerns her that I struggle to comprehend large numbers.

Let's prove her wrong everyone. Boost away and show her just how awesome the Mastodon community is.

@lowqualityfacts with the amount of bots on here, the difference between people and likes could probably be made up 😂
@lowqualityfacts Based on my book sales alone, I'd say my vote is worth at least... three?
@lowqualityfacts She's probably right, not just because of the limited numbers of accounts or the fact that that there aren't 10 billion people on the earth
@lowqualityfacts wow, 10 boosts now. Only one billion more and then you win!
@Low Quality Facts If all 15 million of us boost it a million times each, that would be… carry the two… regroup… It would be a lot.

@lowqualityfacts
oh honey, we talked about this. it is okay to not have a girlfriend. really. hugs!

edit:typo

@ganbatte @lowqualityfacts

What if girlfriend is cat girl?

@MxVerda @lowqualityfacts
if the girlfriend is able to consent (age and mindwise ) and does consent then it is ok.

@ganbatte @lowqualityfacts seconded!

Consentable cat gfs only!

@lowqualityfacts
I initially read that as "our four cats," and thought you have more issues with numbers than previously reported.

@Burn_this_ @lowqualityfacts

Look, there are 6 or more cats, at least 2 anti-cats, and possibly invisible ones.

Probably not 4, unless proton mass is wrong again

@lowqualityfacts
Also, each of the 10 billion people on earth could have multiple Mastodon accounts.

@lowqualityfacts

Current count is 62 boosts. Congrats! You're halfway there!

@lowqualityfacts boosting, unboosting, reboosting til we hit 10billion
it's she who doesn't get federation. nodes are like mirrors facing each other, so each of those 15M accounts scattered over thousands of instances can each be perceived as a local id that can each issue a boost that gets mirrored infinitely. 10G is peanuts compared with infinity :-P
@lowqualityfacts I’m not on Mastodon though, but on the wider Fediverse.
@lowqualityfacts if we all created 1,000 bot accounts though......
@lowqualityfacts
🥥 Picture of two adorable cats who have EARNED 10-billion boosts on the Fediverse.
How many have they gotten so far, Mr facts? 🥥
@lowqualityfacts I just pushed it because I like cats.
@lowqualityfacts My cat boosted this, in case your girlfriend is embarrassingly unaware that on Mastodon, one cat boost = 2.5 million human boosts. #HighQualityFact
@lowqualityfacts people ? Earth ? Does she know the web is made of bots ? 😬
@lowqualityfacts Have to admit that was quicker than I expected.
@lowqualityfacts Corporations are people, checkmate! But you sleep on the couch to win.
@lowqualityfacts should've said "boosted by 10 billion people" then made an account named "10 billion people"
@zperk13 @lowqualityfacts
Sshhhhh.
Don't tell *all* of the secrets, now.
@lowqualityfacts Ha! No way am I falling for this again...!
@lowqualityfacts Quick quiz:
Compared to the cat on the left, the cat on the right is roughly:
1. 1/3 larger.
2. 1/2 larger.
3. Double the size.
4. 5 billion times the size.
Tuxedo Cat, may boost later. You really need an orange cat to get the boosts.
@lowqualityfacts we need to know the stakes for the bet
@lowqualityfacts I am a simple being. I see kittehs, I boost.
@lowqualityfacts It could work if the touching issue would only stick and Not turn off as has in last couple of weeks .. so have to make sure having gotten the color to hold and not undo itself ... still think Xcorp super computer is hacking Mastodon for last year...
@lowqualityfacts
I boosted, but your girlfriend is right.
@lowqualityfacts [in trump voice] I can’t believe this picture got 10 billion boosts on Mastodon. It’s really incredible, believe me, you won’t believe it. She came to me, big girlfriend strong girlfriend, tears streaming down her face, said it was impossible to get 10 billion boosts, but we did it. The most boosts ever. You’ve never seen more. We got more than Biden, more than Obama, and we’ll beat Obama again. You just need to boost this once, and you’ll never have to boost again.
@lowqualityfacts I mean, I have five Mastodon accounts, so we only need about 1/4 the population of the planet to have five accounts each to reach your goal.
@lowqualityfacts Sure. Boosting. But you should know I share some of her concern.
Also, the gray one reminds me of my Sassy!
@lowqualityfacts … Those appear to be cats. You should post pictures of dogs or perhaps echidnas, to get cat pic boosts.
@lowqualityfacts BOOST! CTRL+BOOST? SHIFT+BOOST? ESC? HELP COMPUTER
@lowqualityfacts Les chats ? Sans moi ! Ils cherchent à bouffer les oiseaux à qui l'on donne des graines ! Alors, même en photo, c'est plus mes copains !

@lowqualityfacts Our boosts are as the boosts of a billion because our hearts are pure.

I suspect your GF neglected to factor this in. That would explain her mistake.

@lowqualityfacts Understandable. Many people don't know how mastodon federation works:
@lowqualityfacts 10000000000 in binary is 1024. I bet you can get that!
@lowqualityfacts considering there are only 10 million accounts on this app, that was very ambitious of you.