@shoq @mmasnick @mastodonusercount @Gargron @kainoa All of this is conjecture. However, Mastodon usually grows when Twitter does something stupid. And to be honest, the bad news about Twitter has kind of slowed during the past two days.
Usually, it's easy for me to find bad news about Twitter. But look at my feed today. It's practically bare.
Mind you, Hootsuite just destroyed its free tier probably because Twitter demands big payments.
But who cares about Hootsuite nowadays?