Over 1 million new users and over 600 new servers added in one month across the fediverse.
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Mastodon being 65% was a surprise to me for sure. What's the best mastodon app?
Also how do I use it efficiently for tech related news and info? I never got into twitter.
Edit: I should probably specify for Android
Mammoth, Ice Cubes, Ivory all good on iOS
My vote is ice cubes for ios. Ivory was severely lacking in features despite it being paid.
Moshidon is really good for android. I especially like that you can have custom timelines for basically anything
Ooh, that sounds like a great feature.
I like Tusky on Android.
On Mac/iOS, Ivory is pretty dope: https://tapbots.com/ivory/
If you like PWA phanpy is nice on mobile or destktop
I use FediLab from FDroid
Does it include users from Threads?
Still, monthly active users are goin down.
Actually, users & active users went up last month.
You are right. In the graph there is a rise, but inside "Total MAU" pill it says "-47,901 since last month".
Interesting, the other numbers all match the graphs, but that one is wrong.
I would report it to them but it seems like you need a github account to do that.
You can send a message to @[email protected], creator of Pixelfed and FediDB.
Thanks!
Oh thank the bunnies!
I don’t know why the numbers were trending down the past few months:
-when there are more third party apps than ever before and they are excellent and feature packed
-the servers have become more stable
-Lemmy is more well known
-there are many more communities now.
Maybe they were weeding out bots?
What do you think are the reasons why
💯 on all your points ESPECIALLY number 2 I've created so many non political communities but it seems like no one here has interest in anything non political. Low to no engagement or participation.
Lots of ppl say 'niche' I agree but can you give me like two examples ? Only asking because I'm trying to understand and maybe even create some of those on our instance hilariouschaos.com to fill that need. In hopes ppl will engage and participate. Even if they are communities I might not be interested in.the thing is I don't know what they are though
It sucks. I hate the constant politics. Our instance, HC, has a lot of non political fun communities wish more people joined them. The only political communities we have (hopefully not leaving any out) are
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Ok ty that's what I was thinking they might be. Don't deprive yourself information.
I still use reddit but not like I use too. I don't socialize or 'discuss' anything with anyone or Debate. Don't do it you'll get banned eventually
Make an account bc yes reddit is just the only mostly useful tool which is also social media
Use lemmy and reddit but reddit only for getting information, answer non political non emotional inducing questions nothing offensive controversial just don't.
Also block users that post or comment rage bait and try to rile people up or who argue people u disagree with etc because it will hide your stuff from them you also. But in a way, this helps keeps trouble makers who intentionally start shit with non hive mind thinkers purposely to get u mad so they can report u and get u banned.
Keep your opinions to yourself you should be good
I think people don't like having to figure out what federation means and run away without realizing that they didn't need to know what it means to participate.
I wonder sometimes if the numbers are wrong. For example a server I host is up quite a bit in user count and posts, but according to the site the numbers are down considerably. It's strange but it's only a less than 20ish users setup. Plus not all federated services act the same.
Some have sub/supersets of the protocol implemented. For example, bookwyrms way of working with posts are wildly different than mastodon and hashtags will work one way and not the other.
I think it ultimately means that number may not be as accurate for a while while all these different servers figure out what it means to be federated.
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My favourite type of posts is the ones by people signed up in one instance, posting in a community hosted by another instance about how they don't understand how they are supposed to make use of federation. And then often still not getting it when people from all over the web tell them that they already are.
It makes sense though - federation is sold as a feature for users, but when done right the users should hardly notice it at all. So of course people end up a bit confused.
Interesting
fediverse observer shows no growth (actually it shows a continual decline), could it be threads?