Ah the sweet smell of Astroturf in the morning...
Article claims that Fediverse (Mastodon) engagement is down, when, in fact, the past weeks have seen an increase in both sign-ups and active engagement.
Article claims that Fediverse (Mastodon) engagement is down, when, in fact, the past weeks have seen an increase in both sign-ups and active engagement.
I am sure as with any statistics there are major flaws and reasons why we can't trust the data, but from a glance it seems very reasonable. They had an initial spike in active users, then a major decline as the initial novelty was lost, and now it will either stagnate or get a steady but slow growth.
Number of created accounts will naturally increase forever.
Lemmy seems to grow quite nicely. Doesn't that count as fediverse?
I've seen way more in the opposite direction.
Mastodon is too anti-corporate and doesn't have a viral algorithm to boost their reach, and Threads is too anti-controversy. All their hope is with BlueSky, which is just progressing too slow with their invites.
I always hate crap being put in my timeline that I didn't ask for or sign up for, and I left Facebook for that reason. Twitter I never even bothered with.