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   johnny M (johnmezzo@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 12-Apr-2025 03:45:02 JST johnny M

   Is Mastodon dying?

   there are only 334k people on this server...the vast majority of the posts have no engagement whatsoever.

   I read growth had flat lined and Bluesky was the place to be if you didn't want to be part of the NaziX...

   what do you guys think?

   #bluesky #mastodon #trump #musk #usa #germany #uk #eu

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     Steve's Place (steter@mastodon.stevesworld.co)'s status on Saturday, 12-Apr-2025 03:45:01 JST Steve's Place

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     @johnmezzo People start on that server, then wind up on other servers, often keeping their old account. I run a private server, but keep the old account for downtime. Those numbers are very misleading.

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     Steve's Place (steter@mastodon.stevesworld.co)'s status on Saturday, 12-Apr-2025 08:52:24 JST Steve's Place

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     @johnmezzo I just follow a lot of people. Some I followed on Twitter, but most are new. If you really want followers, post your cat, dog, lizard, or moss photos, lol.

     There are usually estimated to be more than 12 million active users on the fediverse, and it's slowly growing. Mastodon servers are about 70% or so of that. My private server is mastodon, but I could run GoToSocial, Misskey, Lemmy, Pixelfed, or many others.

     There's #FediTips for ideas and #FediHelp for ideas on a lot of things (not just the fediverse). The @FediTips user is good to follow. You might already.

     It seemed a little slow when I started, but now it definitely is not. YMMV.

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     johnny M (johnmezzo@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 12-Apr-2025 08:52:25 JST johnny M

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     • Steve's Place

     @steter so how many people use Mastodon then? and how do you gain engagement if no one interacts? its a bit like shouting in the forest...