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.
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.
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.
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.
It could be but we risk getting an EEE situation again.
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.
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.
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: