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   Chris Trottier (atomicpoet@atomicpoet.org)'s status on Saturday, 19-Nov-2022 03:02:52 JST Chris Trottier
   UPDATE: As of this morning there are now more than 7 million Mastodon users, most from the #TwitterMigration.
   
   In fact, 100,000 new accounts have been created since last night.
   
   Since last night's spike 8,000-12,000 new accounts are being created every hour.
   
   Yesterday, I estimated that Mastodon would have 8 million users by the end of the week. That might happen a lot sooner if this trend continues.
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     Chris Trottier (atomicpoet@atomicpoet.org)'s status on Saturday, 19-Nov-2022 03:02:49 JST Chris Trottier

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     Bloomberg are now reporting that Volkwagen has joined the #TwitterMigration. Can't read the entire article because it's pay-walled, but they're reporting it.
     
     I don't know what instance they're running, but if it's one that run by a volunteer, they better be donating! https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-11-18/volkswagen-joins-mastodon-as-concerns-over-twitter-mount
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     Chris Trottier (atomicpoet@atomicpoet.org)'s status on Saturday, 19-Nov-2022 03:02:50 JST Chris Trottier

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     If you want perspective on how bad Twitter's collapse is, the Guardian is urging users to back up and archive all their tweets. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/nov/17/twitter-archive-tweets-company-shuts
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     Chris Trottier (atomicpoet@atomicpoet.org)'s status on Saturday, 19-Nov-2022 03:02:50 JST Chris Trottier

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     It's hilarious that the Atlantic are trying *really* hard to understand why Elon Musk is destroying Twitter, as though there's some grand logic that makes this all make sense. There's no Big Brain Master Plan happening here. It's just a guy making impulsive decisions. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/11/elon-musk-twitter-advertising/672156/
     藤井太洋, Taiyo Fujii repeated this.
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     Chris Trottier (atomicpoet@atomicpoet.org)'s status on Saturday, 19-Nov-2022 03:02:51 JST Chris Trottier

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     By the way, if you're wondering why I'm posting from this account rather than my usual mastodon.social account, it's because mastodon.social is about to give up the ghost -- and as I told all you, it's best to have a back-up account and self-host if you're able.
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     藤井太洋, Taiyo Fujii (taiyo@ostatus.taiyolab.com)'s status on Saturday, 19-Nov-2022 03:10:10 JST 藤井太洋, Taiyo Fujii

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     You can read whole on there, and will find @VWGroup and @cariad_tech

     https://www.larepublica.co/globoeconomia/volkswagen-se-une-a-mastodon-ante-la-preocupacion-por-el-aumento-de-twitter-3491450