• cosmic_slate@dmv.social
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    8 months ago

    Huge doubt. Mastodon only has 1.6 million active people source, it’s practically a rounding error compared to all of Meta’s properties.

    Threads had ~65x as many people sign up in a month, and even though many dropped off, Threads is on track (as of Sept) to reach 23.7 million users. source.

    The fediverse is certainly a thing that needs to grow but I think it’s real-world impact right now is greatly exaggerated.

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      8 months ago

      Wow 23.7 million active users seems surprisingly high compared to Twitter’s projected 56.1.

      Yeah the fediverse’s real-world impact is definitely miniscule currently, but I can’t seem to trust even a tiny bit in Meta to not pull the EEE plug. I understand your opinion tho.

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        8 months ago

        Honestly I was surprised so many people still use Twitter.

        I just figure if Threads federates, it means one less reason for people to say “well Mastodon has nobody on it” because they can just add people on Threads. I think more people would leave Threads for Mastodon than Mastodon for Threads.

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          It’s in the source:

          Instagram’s Threads is forecast to have 23.7 million monthly active users in the US by the end of this year as opposed to X’s 56.1 million, according to Insider Intelligence.