Looks like there might be yet another mass-migration wave from Twitter to Mastodon on the way...

AJ Sadauskas@aus.social to Technology@lemmy.ml – 80 points –

Looks like there might be yet another mass-migration wave from Twitter to Mastodon on the way...

https://www.thefader.com/2023/09/18/elon-musk-pay-for-twitter

#twitter #tech #technology @technology #X #fediverse

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Elon is the greatest advocate for Mastodon, and he's even paying for the effort.

@ajsadauskas @technology "It’s the only way I can think of to combat vast armies of bots."

He's not very good at this, is he? It's like he's had amnesia about firing his entire Trust and Safety team...

Twitter to Mastodon

Mastodon isn't the only federated micro-blogging platform..

@Epsilon It's not, but it's the one many first-time Fediverse users coming across from Twitter end up on. (Much like how many users coming across from Reddit end up on Lemmy first.)

Then the jump from Mastodon to Calckey/Pleroma/Frienica/Pixelfed/etc in many cases comes later.

but it’s the one many first-time Fediverse users coming across from Twitter end up on.

That's because it's the only one ppl will mention as an alternative. Stop telling ppl to try mastodon, tell them to try firefish or akkoma.

Also, the jump effect is way overstated. Some users do end up moving to other software, but many more just leave because they don't like mastodon.

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@ajsadauskas @technology I dunno, seems like more of a thought bubble that will get retracted quickly if it ever gets deployed.

It does seem like it would be the death knell for twitter if it was though