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[–] tony@lemmy.hoyle.me.uk 32 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You always get a boost when Elon does something stupid but I'm not seeing anything unusual about this one.. 'soaring' is relative. Usual is 500-1000 an hour and we're currently at 1500.

https://mastodon.social/@mastodonusercount/110774139508082609

[–] jemorgan@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think people get excited because hypothetically, growth should accelerate. The more people are using mastadon, the more mastadon becomes a viable alternative to shitter

[–] 7eter@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Shitter is actually a nice mastodon (former twitter) client! :D