“Shedding the hectic energy #Twitter had conditioned me to was an adjustment, but it definitely made life better. And watching the vandalism wreaking havoc on the place formerly known as Twitter makes building so very satisfying. #Science #Mastodon doesn’t even need to grow to be great. But it sure looks like it’s going to.”
https://absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2023/08/20/how-is-science-twitters-mastodon-migration-panning-out/ via @jby
How Is Science Twitter's "Mastodon Migration" Panning Out? - Absolutely Maybe
“Thousands of scientists are cutting back on Twitter, seeding angst and uncertainty.” And Mastodon was the most common destination if they opened…Hilda Bastian (Absolutely Maybe)
Katharina Buholzer
in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •Mastodon has some periods of surges of new users, but the consistent pattern is lack of user engagement.
And that needs to change for it to become a viable platform.
rholland_again-again
in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •Cavyherd
in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •beforewisdom :vegan:
in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •I was really hoping Andrew Huberman and his crowd would come to Mastodon.
That hope was kind of dashed when he published a picture of a friend celebrating a birthday with Elon Musk.