Notices by Martin Holland (mho@social.heise.de)

What is the biggest account in the #Fediverse, that's not on #Mastodon? If you count follower from the Fediverse only.

Any idea?

#SocialMedia #Decentralization

Let's try it again: This post from #Mastodon can reach the whole #Fediverse, #Bluesky & more. That's #Sharkey, #Pixelfed (hence the pic), #Mbin, #Lemmy, #Friendica, #Hometown, #Akkoma... How far can it go?

#SocialMedia

Edit: The results are in 👇

I don't really have an explanation, the #CES is over, and everything should be back to "normal". But I like it, of course!
#Flipboard was also bigger again, that's why "the #Fediverse" (meaning for me #Mastodon, #Bluesky and @Flipboard) are on par with #Facebook 🤭
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Because it looks so impressive, let me again add together #Mastodon, #Bluesky and #Threads as Twitter alternatives: They're now bringing in more than #Twitter has in more than a year (even before we stopped posting over there).
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Well, this is interesting: For two weeks now, #Mastodon is bringing noticeably more traffic to @heiseonline. #Bluesky is also growing again, and even #Threads bringing in more than ever before.
The #TwitterAlternatives are reaching new heights.
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#SocialMedia #Fediverse

After some German unions yesterday, more than 60 (!!) German universities left #X/#Twitter today. Some are already active on #Mastodon. They justified this with their commitment to fact-based communication and against antidemocratic forces. Values that promote diversity, freedom and science aren't present over there, they say. 👏🏻

#TwitterMigration #eXit #Xodus #ElonMusk #NoAfD #SocialMedia

https://nachrichten.idw-online.de/2025/01/10/hochschulen-und-forschungsinstitutionen-verlassen-plattform-x-gemeinsam-fuer-vielfalt-freiheit-und-wissenschaft

@nemobis

#Bluesky was too small until the US-election, even in Germany. But now its way bigger and feels much more active

2024 is ending, time for a last look at the #traffic to @heiseonline via X/ #Twitter and its alternatives.

#Mastodon was very stable, which made it the biggest source by the end of the year. #Bluesky grew significantly at the end and is now clearly in second place. #X fell the whole year, and our departure (from posting there) just accelerated that. But #Threads (where we can't post automatically) is still far behind.

#SocialMedia #TwitterMigration #MastodonMigration #eXit #Xodus

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If I add the #traffic from #Mastodon & #Flipboard & #Bluesky into #Fediverse (I know, I know... but they're federated or bridged), they're now comparable to #Facebook. 😯
Will be interesting to see that graph, when #Threads federates here and (!!) allows automated posts.

#SocialMedia #TwitterMigration #MastodonMigration #eXit #Xodus

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Haben das diese Woche alle gesehen? Es geht richtig gut voran mit dem #ELT, nicht mehr lange dann kann das weltgrößte #Teleskop die Arbeit aufnehmen:

"#ExtremelyLargeTelescope: Drohnenaufnahmen zeigen die entstehende Kuppel

In der chilenischen Wüste wird das mit Abstand größte Teleskop der Welt gebaut. Neue Luftbilder zeigen, wie das Instrument immer weiter Gestalt annimmt."

https://www.heise.de/news/Extremely-Large-Telescope-Das-Stahlgruest-des-Riesenteleskops-ist-fertig-10193484.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege

#Astronomie #Chile #ESO #ELT #Teleskop

Another week is over, time for new stats regarding traffic to @heiseonline: It seems like there is a new balance with #Mastodon in front, #Bluesky brings now half as much. Although we stopped posting to #X, it still brings in more than #Threads and roughly as much as #Flipboard.

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Oh, wie cool! Das ging aber schnell: Es gibt jetzt #StarterPacks fürs #Fediverse. Thanks to @anze3db

Hab das gleich mal ausprobiert und eins für die Kolleg*innen hier von @heiseonline erstellt. Einfach öffnen, auf Folgen klicken und Instanz angeben:

https://fedidevs.com/s/ODU/

#Mastodon #MastodonMigration #eXit #Xodus #Onboarding

Look, something new appeared between my followers: #Threads has arrived – at least a little bit.

But don't forget to appreciate the variety: I'm counting 24 (!!) services from where someone follows me here at #Mastodon. If that's not cool, I don't know. 😎

#SocialMedia #Fediverse #Bluesky

A little late, but here are the last numbers for traffic from #X / #Twitter (where we're stopped posting) and its competitors to heise.de.

#Mastodon & #Bluesky now clearly in front, #Threads still a bit behind X.

#SocialMedia #Fediverse #eXit #Xodus #TwitterMigration

@morph

No not yet, but I think, we can be followed now.

Waiting for my first follower from threads.net. Exciting times...

(not yet so much in europe)

The week is over, here are some charts:
For two weeks in a row, #Mastodon brought more #traffic than #X / #Twitter to heise.de.
But I forgot, that's not just via @heiseonline, but also @heisec, @ct_Magazin, @heiseautos, @iX_Magazin etc. (but for Twitter its the same).

#Bluesky is way behind, #Threads even more. Only Twitter is clearly falling.

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#SocialMedia
#TwitterExodus
#TwitterMigration
#MastodonMigration
#Fediverse

If you add all the #TwitterAlternative s, they have been in the lead for a while now.

If you add @Flipboard and sum it up wit #Mastodon (because #Fediverse 😉), then #Facebook ist not far.

But, if you have a look on the numbers since the beginning of 2022, then it's clear, that this is mainly a story about the decline of #Twitter.

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#SocialMedia
#TwitterExodus
#ElonMusk
#Bluesky
#Threads
#MastodonMigration

The chart showing the #engagement with @heiseonline shows a slow decline in Boosts, Favs and Replies. Thanks @analytodon for the data!

Any idea, what I should look out for in the data we have?

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#SocialMedia
#TwitterExodus
#ElonMusk
#Fediverse
#Bluesky
#Threads
#MastodonMigration

Here's a good question and I have the answer: #Traffic per Follower for different social networks (here for the last 4 weeks).

#Mastodon is now behind #Bluesky, #Flipboard still far ahead. #X and #Threads are really far behind.

#SocialMedia
#TwitterExodus
#ElonMusk
#Fediverse
#MastodonMigration