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Tuesday update on the #mastodon growth. 135k (!!) users join yesterday. Also, I'm zooming out the plot to see the evolution in the number of new users through the last year. I'm going to need a logarithm scale pretty soon 
@bkeegan A huge social experiment is unfolding right in front of us. We'd better get the data first
@estebanmoro Wait. I thought this site was for geeks! Use a semi log plot! (This is parody). Lol
@estebanmoro thank you for this chart. Interesting to see that the majority of the people didn't made the switch in response on the transition of ownership, but as a reaction to the obvious mismanagement.
@estebanmoro Classic tipping point behavior in action…
@bobkopp @estebanmoro Excellent way to describe it. I'm partial to the phase-transition metaphor.
@estebanmoro I recall using Digg. Then Digg ver 4 came out. So many people migrated to Reddit. IT felt odd at first, but I got settled in.
@estebanmoro 1st wave, 2nd wave, 3rd wave...
@estebanmoro very interesting. What is the total number of Mastodon users in the US & worldwide? You seem like the right guy to ask.
@estebanmoro expect another 50 million by the end of the year
@estebanmoro you love to see it!
@estebanmoro Facebook now about to lay off employees?.
Interesting image.
I joined Twitter during 2009 when it went from 1 million users to 10 million users
It was strange and nobody understood it and it was just geeks and weirdos really. Most people operated it via arcane commands sent via SMS
1 million on #Fedi now.
I dunno. It's probably nothing.
@estebanmoro Just as well @jburnmurdoch is here…
@estebanmoro wow!!
I really love this site!
@estebanmoro The tipping point won't be reached until it's not just the techies joining. I had a friend that joined a long time ago but said it was all tech talk and they ended up not sticking with it
Guilt your non-tech friends off of Twitter!
@estebanmoro woah! Does this mean per day there are more people joining Mastodon than Twitter now?
@mrdrozdov it we use the back-of-the-envelop figure of 115k per day in Twitter, then yes: more people are joining Mastodon than Twitter now.
@estebanmoro I really hope this becomes a huge new social platform, everyone is so cool and there's so much potential for growth 
@estebanmoro I joined yesterday after his horrible masterbatedone joke. He's doing the good work.
@Greywaves @estebanmoro He thinks he’s so funny and clever but more an embarrassing uncle.
@breadandcircuses
Why do you mark the Twitter layoff as the key event? The "Pelosi tweet" and "vote recommendation" happened at the similar moment, and were much more significant in my opinion.
@FransVeldman @breadandcircuses Yes, it could be. I'm just signalling specific events to show the dates when major changes happened
@FransVeldman @estebanmoro @breadandcircuses what is the "pelosi tweet"?
That was a clear signal that the CEO of Twitter intends to boost conspiracy theories in favor of the Republicans and that caused to my opinion a mass exodus of Twitter.
@estebanmoro this is amazing to see how many join per day! Do you have or plan a visualization of cumulated user growth?
@estebanmoro Interesting how it rose after the lay-offs. I think it started right after the dismissal of those 3 top managers. Already the next day the tweets in my account were halved!
@estebanmoro tag yourself I'm "Twitter accepts the offer"
সৌমিত্র @estebanmoro #HeWhoMuskNotBeNamed will soon realize the power of the Force.
Everyone will leave the Dark Side.
@estebanmoro wheeeeeeee! *rocketship noises*
@estebanmoro It’s deeply considerate of everyone to decrease the load on Twitter’s servers right after they’ve lost half their staff. 
@estebanmoro Mastodon going to the moon wasn't on my 2022 bingo card, but I am glad it's getting recognition.
@estebanmoro excited to see this platform grow!
Lots of people like me - I waited until he was physically in the building to leave. Tried Tribel first but it was vapid. Celebs need to make a stand by closing their accounts.
@estebanmoro Given this is federated, surely those numbers can only be estimates at best? Are they going from major servers only?
@estebanmoro Looks like I'd better start watching the stats again like I did in '18. If this starts looking like Twitter ~2010 I'll be through the roof.
Here's to the paradigm shift. 
@estebanmoro 
those markers say all, data put into context
@estebanmoro What tool do you use for this visualization?
@estebanmoro This looks interesting. How about when Musk introduced $8 paywall to get blue ticks?
@Gentle @estebanmoro more than that, I read yesterday that the plan is to put all of Twitter behind a paywall. Which means, the people are going to pay to create content for Twitter 
@tat2dfarmlady @estebanmoro Well. I can only wish Musk good luck with that. Let's see how many users will remain.
Apart from the fact that I am from a third world country and can't afford $8, I personally consider the app very toxic. I have contemplated deleting my account a couple of times. Now is, perhaps, the time.
@estebanmoro this look like an exponential growth 
@estebanmoro Fantastic! Expect more when the current overlord tweets again.
@estebanmoro No more the twitter line?
@Arco I didn't what to mess up again . Just kidding: honestly, I think it is a oranges-to-apples comparison. The numbers I was using for Twitter growth are also old (first half of 2022). In any case, 135k per day is faster that what Twitter reports.
@estebanmoro Yes I understand :) But still the orders of magnitude are interesting!
@estebanmoro do you know how many users has mastodon rn? 
@madeinfarreni Right now the #mastodon has around 6.2M users
@estebanmoro @madeinfarreni @Curious_now https://76 m for Tw in the US, 206 m worldwide. This is a more specialized audience, though. Any way to compare Mastodon to the early adopters of Tw? www.statista.com/statistics/242606/number-of-active-twitter-users-in-selected-countries/
@estebanmoro @madeinfarreni - going to be very interesting to see what are the next few key events to bring people here (not longer caring about what happens at #TheOtherSite).
My bet is on major celebrities/content creators starting to post here (simultaneously or even first here) - @taylorswift13 and pop musicians, @markhamill and other actors. The leading fact-based journalists and their networks/sources are already here in good numbers.
@stevenpbrumby @estebanmoro @madeinfarreni @taylorswift13 "Fact-based journalists". Imagine needing that attribute 