@Gargron I joined October 28th. I mean, I'm not saying that's the reason another million people have joined up but, y'know... coincidence?

Yes... yes it is.

@Gargron This certainly explains the touch of slowness across the networks lately. It sure has come a long way, can't wait to see where it goes from here.

@Gargron We have increased the concentration of Mastodon by 1 molar! /joke

My appologies to the chemists on here reading this bad joke.

@Gargron At one level - good. What I have seen is a lot of smaller communities, such as #PowerShell moving over. I like the environment and am grateful for the instance admins!

@Gargron I’m sure there are a lot of us that are totally new to this type of social network as well that were always put off by how the other place worked.

@Gargron network effect!

@Gargron Baffled by it being a 'newbie'... is there a specific server you select to find old contacts from Twitter for example?
Good fun despite feeling dense though! #Mastodon 😊

@Gargron
Where do you retrieve these stats?

@Gargron this app is kinda confusing

@Gargron I just joined this morning. If you will grow by 10 million more in a month is that a good problem to have?

@Gargron 🥳

@Gargron Thank you

@Gargron I'm one of them. Liking it so far. So many real people on here compared to other apps. The bird that shall not be named.

@Gargron people really don’t trust that Musk bloke, do they?

@Gargron awesome! Got any predictioned numbers in the next 2 weeks?

@Gargron including me ! 😀😂😂😂😂

@Gargron do you have need to make plans or contingencies for #fifa2022?

it could be the first test on a global scale and an opportunity to stretch

@Gargron Nice. I look forward to seeing this grow

@Gargron we'll try to do it right and keep it kind.

@Gargron yay

@Gargron Count one new account here.

@Gargron NIIIICE

@Gargron and working like a charm 👌

@Gargron awesome!!

@Gargron from little acorns mighty oaks grow.

@Gargron what is the TOTAL number of users then? Around 2 million?

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CkwtaCAIVez/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

@Gargron
That includes me, too! Glad I was counted.

@Gargron so what is this exactly … it’s like Reddit and twitter had a baby … ?

@Gargron wow that is insane!

@Gargron if only I could figure out how to use it

@Gargron that's an okay growth number right? What do the active users look like?

@Gargron how do I look for friends, people I know from other services?

@Gargron it is no wonder that the architecture is taking time to scale to support this rapid adoption. I urge everyone to be patient and understanding whilst those running this excellent platform deal with the challenge.

@Gargron it'd be many times that # if you'd made a single effort to streamline sign up, its just as crap as it was in 2018 and it's costing you good posters

@Gargron Wow, that is a big increase in such a small window of time.

@Gargron a pleasure to have joined, wish I had moved over much earlier! A much less stressful experience here it seems.

@Gargron It'd be wonderful to see educators, teachers, and the institutions / organisations that support them joining @Mastodon. Is there some marketing campaign pushing that yet? Is the growth simply due to word of mouth?

@Gargron I just signed up - it's slow as, but a work in progress!

@Gargron I hope it lasts

@Gargron holy shit. im here for it

@Gargron oh

@Gargron yay:)

@Gargron I predicted that as well 😉

@Gargron it’s just a empty place

@Gargron I am definitely NOT one of those million. :ablobcatrave:

@Gargron I’m one of them. ;)

@Gargron I'm just one of them and it's great to be here, one week on!
😀👍

@Gargron 🙆‍♀️ that's me!

@Gargron Thank you so much for providing us another choice! 🙏

@Gargron newbie question: does mastodon.social have a monitoring status page / server hardware bio? Curious if you guys are self hosting, on a public cloud, or, you know, maybe had to double your footprint in the last week .. 😉

@Gargron Please consider adding Quote-Retweet/Quote-Boosting on Mastodon.

@Gargron W

@Gargron 1M more on the way. Get ready

@Gargron
That's pretty awesome really! I'm new here, so I guess I'm "one of the millon" newbies lol

@Gargron where does one go to find updated stats like this ? And how does one calculate "active users" in a federated world ?

@Gargron

So how come at your name you spell out Mastodon.social and it mine it's MSTDN? So does that make you a central figure in this open source event are you a manager could you be my friend and help me I'm new at open source in general

@Gargron I just joined yesterday

@Gargron wow great

@Gargron maybe rewrite mastodon in golang?

@Gargron There has also been a huge spike in mastodon themed posting on right wing sites, so prepare for an invasion.

@Gargron well deserve. But the entire signup process is still too hard for most people.

@Gargron one million people still trying to figure out how to DM... LOL!

nice work @Gargron

@Gargron

@Gargron Elon doing big things for Mastodon.

@Gargron And yet another new user here. What could ever be causing the exodus from the other platforms? *scratches head*

@Gargron NEW user here. Peace out blue bird 👋 hello 🦖

@Gargron wow..no one likes to get tracked. 😆

@Gargron That is wonderful, but so much extra work for all the Admins. Thank you sincerely. Their Patreons deserve a boost as well.

@Gargron hi Eugen! Am I eligible for a blue check? I listed a domain of mine in the “about” section. It’s BrainDanceBook.com for my book (my name is on the cover of the book on the site). Is this sufficient? It has a reference link in that website and listed nicely in the About section. Is there just a lag on this verification? Or, did I miss something? Thanks so much for any help and thanks for all your help for all of us refugees here.

@Gargron 🙋 thanks for your dedication!

@Gargron amazing stats and a fine platform it is too

@Gargron I am one of the 1M !! Thanks for giving us #twitterrefugees #Mastodon !

@Gargron hey, I'm new user here. Looking forward to explore and experiencing this great platform🌞

@Gargron Objective completed!

@Gargron I'm a new user in South Africa, I wanna help spread the word.

@Gargron and I just joined!

@Gargron We are glad to bring our movement here!

@Gargron I wonder what the numbers in the greater Fediverse are since October 27th.

Huge welcome @mariaivanov So great to see you. 🌞🌟

@Gargron I joined after watching this video https://youtu.be/GmQe8UX9Mu4

@Gargron not surprising in the least. Though some people get confused by or don’t like the decentralized setup, it’s fast becoming an alternate home for Twitter refugees who like chatting with people, but not the weird fights and algorithm provoked nonsense.

@Gargron
Hmmm. Did the #twittermigation happen finally? Jokes aside, that is awesome.

@Gargron You can thank celebrities who have migrated to this platform to maintain a safe experience for their diverse followers. I came specifically for @RCArmitage ☺️☺️

@Gargron and I just signed up hi!

@Gargron whenever I see notifications in official android app, it crashes. It is been a week, when will it be fixed.

@Gargron Thanks for providing a safe space!

@Gargron and nothing is working 🫠

@Gargron 600k to go 👍

@Gargron nice

@Gargron@mastodon.sociaBut not 1M more who know who to use this system, which includes password rejections that are inexplicable, "things you can do" that you don't know how to do, and masses of things to read, and links you can use, that are also opaque, time-consuming, never explained, etc. Like it or not, Twitter it far *easier* to use, and far, far, more user-friendly when it comes to the system itself.

@Gargron Wow. Thanks for posting this, it puts into perspective the impact of ownership change.

@Gargron Wow! Time for blue badges right? 😂

@Gargron cool af 😼

@Gargron
I'm using from Japan, server working has been comfortable for the past few days.👍

@Gargron and no one wonders why! <3

@Gargron I joined looking for alternative to Twitter.

@Gargron I still finding it kinda complicated. What happened to @birdsite.frog.fashion accts? Mine dissappeared and the others are also empty.