I’ve been using fediverse stuff (Mastodon and, most recently, Calckey—I’m just going to use “Mastodon” as shorthand here; purists can bite me) for over a year now and have been doing so full time for about six months, following Elon Musk buying Twitter (since on principle, I decline to give Elon Musk money or attention). This latter part coincided with the “November 2022 influx,” when lots of new people joined Mastodon for similar reasons. A lot of that influx has not stuck around. Everyone is very aware at this point that active user numbers of Mastodon have dropped off a cliff…

What do you think about this article? Have you perceived anything similar?

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    1 year ago

    “Small minds discuss people. Average minds discuss events. Great minds discuss ideas.”

    In case anyone says “hey that’s about people”, I also deal in absolutes and am a Sith.