Graph of new users to Mastodon over the last 48 hours showing a moderate surge due to the Twitter journalist purge.

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   Mastodon Migration (mastodonmigration@mastodon.online)'s status on Sunday, 18-Dec-2022 05:32:45 JST Mastodon Migration

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   The new normal.

   As a direct result of #Musk 's #JournalistPurge new users per hour went from about 1000 per hour to 3500 and has now plateaued at around 2000. The network has responded beautifully. Four of the largest instances closed registrations, but things ran smoothly.

   What can we conclude from the last 48 hours?

   1. Mastodon can easily handle moderate surges.
   2. Mastodon has huge untapped capacity for growth due to the large number of small and midsize instances.

   #twittermigration