This is our 3rd quarterly update on which platforms are growing, new entries such as #BlueSky, #Substack Notes, #Nostr & all public data on Meta's #project92
Includes latest on the #RedditMigration,
New polling, new posting data & more.
@tchambers@spreadmastodon@fediversereport@fediversenews Well done report, was interested to learn that Bluesky has that big backlog. But I wonder if they have missed their window with Meta launching whatever their thing will be called (‘Threads’ just makes me think of that old post-nuclear war movie).
Super informative!
I've heard so much talk about #BlueSky and #Post, that I expected a different picture. "Invite-only" might kill their buzz in the wrong moment.
My experience with blue-checks chimes with the report: Their toxicity is destroying #Twitter. But I have trouble changing my habit to use it. Still finding interesting info there.
The bot problem will come to Mastodon though. Will be interesting to see solutions.
Off Topic: What is the font of the pdf? Looks beautiful.
@oxpal@tchambers I miss some of the folks and news orgs I followed on Twitter - but honestly I don’t have enough time to keep up with the posts/boosts on my timeline here and the quality is at least as good and the variety is actually better.
@amart@tchambers I find that Twitter's more selective algorithm helps to find random gems in the noise. Even from accounts I don't follow. Here currently I get only random posts - especially on the global feed.
The downsides to their algo and moderation are pushing me away though.
@oxpal@tchambers I recommend following @donmelton - he’s like a human algorithm here boosting a wide variety of voices, viewpoints, topics, and ideas. Definitely center-left but with reasonable practicality which for me works out just great. I’ve found loads of new and interesting folks to follow from his boosts.
Honestly I think Don is an algorithm vs a person since he rarely posts himself and always favorites any posts I make that tag him. 👍👍
@tchambers This report is brilliant. Really enjoying learning about the migration. I just logged into Twitter to check DMs, and it was an absolute fire-hose of brand content & celebrities self-promoting. The first tweet from a "normal" user was about 80 tweets down my timeline. Most of the real people I've followed seem to have left or are lurking.
@tchambers How can you tell by an account name if the server is using Mastodon or not? My Twitter bio has a Fediverse account mentioned that points to a Pleroma server.
@tchambers@spreadmastodon@fediversereport@fediversenews Not sure it's migration as people adding Mastodon and other social media sites while still using Twitter. While some did migrate, I would suggest most still have Twitter accounts. No doubt Twitter is becoming a landfill and app is becoming dumpster fire, it's still source for many users. I still have hopeTwitter gets new owner who rebuilds it. JMO
@tchambers I got an unsolicited invitation to something today called Newsmast? Anybody know what that's about? It was incorporated in London early this year, and I can't find out much more about it without downloading the app. They claim to operate in a Fedi way in that you can join communities of likeminded individuals--mine was to a disability rights group. Anyone have any ideas on if they're legit?
@tchambers Oh, I am. But it was obvious they had read my writing on bipolar disorder and had gone to the trouble of finding me on my work email, which isn't on any of my social accounts. Very interesting.
> We scanned through the bios of every
Twitter user who is actively
posting to look for any mentions
of additional platform
This would miss users such as myself, depending on what period of inactivity qualifies one as inactive. When I switched, I stopped doing any interactions on Twitter except for pro-mastodon propaganda.
Probably a lot of ex twitter users here who stopped interacting there
This only tracks active Twitter users who have added alternative accounts to their bios. I think some of the changes in different social accounts in bios is do to those users going inactive.
@tchambers@alessandro@spreadmastodon@fediversereport@fediversenews
I was wondering about that. What's considered active? This could be interpreted either as fewer people using Twitter (and possibly being active on these other networks), or that people are dropping most other networks and going back to Twitter. Seems like very opposite takeaways depending on how this was collected.
@tchambers excellent, in depth, unbiased analysis. Obviously, a lot of effort went into this. I am even more encouraged after reading it on the future of the #Fediverse! Very well done!
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