[version_five]

That ship has sailed. In the first few weeks there was lots of buzz about alternatives, PG had a little fit and spent about 15 minutes exclusively on mastadon etc. The buzz is gone now, something big will have to change for it to get it's momentum again.

[krapp]

Mastodon is doing just fine, from what I can tell. I don't know why people keep pushing the narrative that an alternative platform has to capture Twitter's userbase in its entirety or else be considered a failure. Not everything is driven by buzz and hype.

[guerrilla]

Mastodon is doing great. Just passed 10 million users a while ago and now has a sustained network effect of around 2000 users an hour. Numbers aside the community and experience is awesome. No idea how people still use Twitter.