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Eugen Rochko

I don't want to just be posting about numbers like a clock, but the 2 million mark of monthly active users across the network is a pretty big deal. This is going big numbers! Shout out to all the server operators who are absorbing this wave.

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Administratören

@Gargron No, thank you for your massive contribution to a better world! 👍

Mike Johnston

@Gargron
Woop woop! Hitting each milestone pretty quickly 💪shout out to getting v4 into prod 🤘

John Samuel

@Gargron Great to see that Mastodon is going big, now approaching more than 7 million users.

Senhor Schlauschlau 🪐

@Gargron poste bitte so viele Zahlen, wie du möchtest. Das ist mehr als verdient! 🍾

GeorgeWL

@Gargron next you just need to get extra moderators, cause you folks are kinda infamous for not having enough of them

DELETED

@Gargron Thank you to everyone involved . . . 👏👏👏

PS - Where can I buy some stock 😉

Tom Watson

@Gargron exciting times for the fediverse and the internet in general! Who said open source social networks can't succeed?

Federico Simonetti 🦣

@Gargron happy about the wonderful success of Mastodon, but we strongly need to share best practices among servers to avoid this wave became something hurting ecosystems and communities (especially in terms of effective on boarding, self moderation and server acceptance of newcomers)

Planet_CC

@Gargron yeah, I tipped my server. Lord knows they are going to need capacity.

witch-captain nakou ~

@Gargron comparing with previous waves, the teams did an amazing job at keeping the systems responding. Well done for the 2M.

Rich

@Gargron does the overall user count affect the compute requirements of instances with less (one?) user?

Jorge Candeias

@Gargron Kudos and congratulations.

I'm a bit confused with one thing, though: how does that relate to the 7 million accounts counted by @mastodonusercount ?

Is it just that there are 5 million inactive accounts, or is there more to it than that?

Max Hardwood

@Gargron Looks like it's growing about 8K users per hour. Lots of new instances popping up too

GenXJamerican 🇯🇲 🇺🇸

@Gargron If there's anything we can do to support (besides putting money into various and sundry Patreon accounts), please share and boost.

Bruno :comunismo:

@Gargron It just amazes me how people here don't act like TRASH. Finally I found a good place to be in on the internet.

Ms NOLA_Leyda

@Gargron That seems like a lot! More are coming, too.

Thank you all!!

Teddy Quesos :verified:

@Gargron quesos.io has handled it's single user without issue 😂

Curtis

@Gargron I don't have much in the way of resources but I do have a lot of time on my hands. Is there a good way to help?

Magesh

@Gargron congratulations! I hope the numbers keeps getting bigger.

Syrus

@Gargron I joined this month and immediately started contributing a few dollars to my server.

Maia KB Chowdhury

@Gargron Yes, and thanks also to our server guardian @PaulaToThePeople who has been exceptional.

#Amplify
#GoodWork

Aunt Cindy To You

@Gargron Best server operators ever! THANK YOU for what is undoubtedly very hard work, long hours…we new users so appreciate it!

Thorsten

@Gargron Especially huge props for your work and starting this all, giving everyone a worthy alternative when we need it the most! Reminds me of the earlier internet days where it actually was enjoyable and not filled with ads trying to milk us all and compete for mindshare. Mastodon is social media made relaxing.

Spirited Dreamweaver

@Gargron I want to both cheer for you....and give you a cup of tea or coffee for caffeine to keep up! Wow! Congratulations!

Stefan Ritter :verified:

@Gargron I can barely handle the load on my server (1 user), but I love doing it!

Shriraam

@Gargron We should have found mastodon sooner. Vitalik led me here. 🥂 to decentralized, ad-free, algorithm-free, social media platforms that promote free speech.

Kelerion

@Gargron awesome work by so many people who want to make this work especially #tootcommunity who have been brilliant. Numbers are amazing 🤩

Brough Milner

@Gargron I'm just a newb here but early thank you to everyone who works to make this a fun, educational, inclusive, and functional space.

Joseph Mastron, PhD 🆓✅🏳️‍🌈

@Gargron awesome and congrats! This feels like a good place to put this: twitter.com/rahaeli/status/159

If you host an instance in the US, these are the extra steps you need to follow to make sure you are in compliance with US copyright law, including DMCA. Very important to protect yourself from personal liability!

TKZ One :verified: :tkz:

@Gargron I had to upgrade hardware twice so far. Ready for a third. :gaming_kirby5:

Andreas Sander

@Gargron
I believe that @mastohost is a huge part of the success. Thx for all your work, Hugo!

Norihiori

@Gargron Thank you for your work on the platform, and for making it available! ❤️

Congratulations on reaching the 2M, the entire network can indeed be proud to carry such a load.

Ertain

@Gargron Yes it is a big deal. Well done, admins of the #Fediverse.

Dr. Matt Lee

@Gargron how’s the sidekiq queue on mastodon.social? 😂

John Aravosis

@Gargron Yeah, but it’s really interesting to see. And you should be proud of what you’ve built here.

Music Mom

@Gargron
New user. There are a lot more coming.

Jigme Datse

@Gargron Mastodon was on Day 6 this morning on CBC. Though I suspect you know that.

Darnell Clayton :verified:

@Gargron We might receive more over the holidays (which is awesome as it is scary! 😂).

Any word on when the new update for iOS will launch‽ Also, do you need any beta testers‽

Absolem Philosopillar 🐛

@Gargron but…but…I like numbers. I like clocks :sxn_cute:

Yash

@Gargron
Would be great if you can post some links to that number :)

jergy

@Gargron

Shoutout to Gargron for building Mastodon.

Toasties

@Gargron can you please enable donations via BAT (Brave Attention Token)

JL Johnson :veri_mast:

@Gargron last I heard Truth Social was only 500k DAU. That must feel amazing for you to have quadrupled ’em

Unidas contra la Covid-19

@Gargron Hi Eugen. Why can't I upload short mp4 videos? Thanks

Jippi 🇩🇰

@Gargron wild that mastodon.social has 250k active - it's like 1/4th of the network? :o

Yhou Whraing

@Gargron I'd like to see that clock that supports 2 million. #universal #time 👾

Johanna Hoffmann

@Gargron The growth has been incredible. A week ago, most accounts had a handful of followers. This week many accounts already have thousands of followers.

Tomps

@Gargron big thanks to you all working so hard thank you 🙏🏻

Play Ball!!! cafechatnoir

@Gargron Absolutely worth a shout!

The work all y'all have been doing to scale up on a moment's notice has been really impressive.

Jane, Marchioness of Lepton

@Gargron there are over 200 million twitter users currently. Hard to work out if Mastodon could survive that?

Gregory Vanderlaan

@Gargron I'm glad you are having success. This is a Good Social Media Website... I find that people read my posts and reply with worthy answers...

GLW

@Gargron
If you like Mastodon, easy to support ($) via Patreon service.

Gary :rainbow_flag: :oa:

@Gargron

#respect to all the "busy bees" that are busy working behind the scenes and contributing to the #fediverse digital system.

Thanks for the sweet #honey - open-source software and administration.

#twitter always left a bitter "taste" for me. Maybe that was due to some of the twits?

#toot

Photo reference. The Conversation. 'Losing bees will sting more than just our taste for honey. theconversation.com/losing-bee

A photograph of a bee. This bee looks different than the black and yellow "honey bees" that many people associate with the "bee" word (& sound). This bee is green-colored. 

Not all bees are honeybees. This is a green ‘sweat’ bee. Ian Jacobs/flickr, CC BY-SA
Hernan Ramirez

@Gargron Congrats for this milestone reached. Your hard work and a long term vision helps to bring sucess to this proyect.

Juan Cantalejo

@Gargron keep up the good work, Eugen. As a matter of curiosity, who happens to be the server operator of Mastodon Social? Or is it run by a team? #nosy

Drea

@Gargron this is so amazing and makes me so happy that people are finally discovering the benefits of #decentralized social media. Props to everyone who are making this #TwitterMigration possible!

stitchsprout

@Gargron friendliest community 😭❤️ thank you!!!

elle

@Gargron absolutely incredible. I could not be more impressed.

Bumble (via iBe.Social)

@Gargron

We need to get more quality servers listed on joinmastodon.org

New users end up there and have a handful of live server to pick from which are not open to applications

Andres Ruiz

@Gargron I’m coming from Twitter hoping to have a voice, hoping to stand against the richest’s wills! #freemyvoice #riptwitter

OldMaidenAlex

@Gargron this app is terrible :( please make it more user-friendly and faster

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