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The number of active users on the Mastodon social network has [45]dropped more than 30% since the peak and is continuing a slow decline, according to the latest data posted on its website. There were about 1.8 million active users in the first week of January, down from over 2.5 million in early December. The Guardian reports: Mastodon, an open-source network of largely independently hosted servers, has often been touted as an alternative to Twitter. And its growth appears connected to controversies at Twitter. But for many it doesn't fulfill the role that Twitter did and experts say it may be too complicated to really replace it. [...] There were about 500,000 active Mastodon users before Elon Musk took control of Twitter at the end of October. By mid-November, that number climbed to almost 2 million active users. [...] The surge in new Mastodon users continued throughout November, peaking at over 130,000 new users a day. The upticks often coincided with controversial decisions made by Elon Musk. Data from Google suggests there was also a surge in searches for Mastodon in April 2022, around the time Musk announced he had become Twitter's largest shareholder. "Twitter, in its most basic form is simple," Meg Coffey, a social media strategist, said. "You can open up an app or open up a website, type some words, and you're done. I mean, it was [a] basic SMS platform." For many, Mastodon may have proved too hard to port over their communities and was just too complicated. Some may have gone back to Twitter, while others, said Coffey, may have dropped social media entirely. "Everybody went and signed up [on Mastodon] and realized how hard it was, and then got back on Twitter and were like, 'Oh, that's, that's hard. Maybe we won't go there,'" she said. "It's like the people that said 'I'm moving to Canada' when Donald Trump was elected," Coffey added. 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[67]Close [68]Close [69]Search 14 Comments [70]Log In/Create an Account Comments Filter: * [71]All * [72]Insightful * [73]Informative * [74]Interesting * [75]Funny The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way. * [76]FFS ([77]Score:2) by [78]zshXx [79]( 7123425 ) writes: It's called mastodon. Maybe start with fixing name. + + [80]Re: stupid name ([81]Score:2) by [82]Anonymouse Cowtard [83]( 6211666 ) writes: A better headline: Twitter users choose to mastobate somewhere else. Or is that massdebate? o + [84]Re: ([85]Score:2) by [86]Joce640k [87]( 829181 ) writes: It's called mastodon. Maybe start with fixing name. Yep. If Twitter users "tweet" then what do Mastodon users do? o o [88]Re: ([89]Score:2) by [90]RitchCraft [91]( 6454710 ) writes: Moo? # o [92]Re: FFS ([93]Score:2) by [94]ArmoredDragon [95]( 3450605 ) writes: They toot. [96]https://news.yahoo.com/mastodo... [yahoo.com] # o [97]Re: ([98]Score:2) by [99]Digital Avatar [100]( 752673 ) writes: They mastodon't. # * [101]Nope. ([102]Score:4, Insightful) by [103]squiggleslash [104]( 241428 ) writes: on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @09:08PM ([105]#63197800) [106]Homepage [107]Journal First, It's hardly "most people" if it's dropped 30% after jumping by 3-400%. Secondly what's happened is the massive growth line has straightened out, which means the "People who joined for five minutes and then decided it wasn't for them" factor is finally appearing, a month behind in the stats because the stats can't really figure out who's active and who isn't on the basis of five minutes of usage, and because the massive increases were hiding those who were leaving. What I expect, assuming Musk doesn't do another massive fuck up with Twitter, is for the line to curve back up, but much, much, more slowly, by the end of this month. Mastodon's doing well. I'm on it, I'm literally flooded with so many posts at the moment I'm about to start pruning my follow list, and it's still only half the length of my old follow list on Twitter, where I never felt I had to prune. (And I'm not even on a main server, I set up my own. Which means my data is my own. You should too. It's social networking without people sucking down your data and trying to monetize it by selling it to groups who want to use social media to get people to kill each other. It's genuinely much more pleasant, people are actually nice to one another. Who knew that was possible?) [108]Reply to This [109]Share [110]twitter [111]facebook [112]Share on Google+ [113]Flag as Inappropriate + * [114]The latter ([115]Score:2) by [116]Ol Olsoc [117]( 1175323 ) writes: Mastodon was kinda clunky, and the server setup was just odd. I'm still subscribed, but don't go there much. But I didn't re-subscribe to Twitter. At first, watching Musk's mental state deteriorating was kind of funny, but now it's just sad. + + o + [118]Re: ([119]Score:2) by [120]Joce640k [121]( 829181 ) writes: But I didn't re-subscribe to Twitter. At first, watching Musk's mental state deteriorating was kind of funny, but now it's just sad. What exactly did you used to do on Twitter that you can't do any more? o o [122]Re: ([123]Score:2) by [124]NFN_NLN [125]( 633283 ) writes: > What exactly did you used to do on Twitter that you can't do any more? I don't know what Ol Olsoc was doing, but one thing he can't do anymore is sexually exploit children. "The new face of Twitter is vowing a crackdown on both child pornography and trafficking on the platform. Twitter CEO Elon Musk filed a lawsuit before his takeover, accusing the company of allowing sexually graphic videos of underage boys to go viral." [126]https://www.youtube.com/watch?... [youtube.com] # + [127]1 reply beneath your current threshold. * [128]Mastodon isn't for everybody ([129]Score:2) by [130]linuxguy [131]( 98493 ) writes: Yes, the name is quirky. And having to find the right servers to connect to is a hurdle for many. And because of its distributed architecture, many of the features that Twitter has, are difficult, if not impossible to support on Mastodon. I have, for now, given up on social media thing. And I am discovering that I am much better off for it. I am assuming Slashdot is not considered social media. Side question. What is a cool category name for dying websites that old timers refuse to give up? + * [132]Too much child porn? ([133]Score:1) by [134]Tailhook [135]( 98486 ) writes: [136]Mastodon is a social media platform dominated by pedophiles and most of its content is child porn [secjuice.com] + + [137]Re: ([138]Score:2) by [139]Digital Avatar [140]( 752673 ) writes: More specifically, the Fediverse is full of furries and pedos, and the entire network is in denial about it. Fortunately, most people can see what's right in front of them, and it looks like a large number of users are deciding they want no part of this. o * There may be more comments in this discussion. Without JavaScript enabled, you might want to [141]turn on Classic Discussion System in your preferences instead. 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