Looks like the #Fediverse is finally seeing the migration wave subsiding a bit.
At peak on Nov 24th fedi was almost 3.8m monthly active users (MAU), today it's 3.5m:
https://the-federation.info/
("Active last month" chart)
This is a good thing! :blobuwu:
A month ago the whole of fedi was ~0.6m MAU. The number of new accounts is insane.
Obviously MAU is an imperfect measure, as people often set up multiple new accounts, migrated, etc., but still the influx of new people on fedi is enormous.
1/🧵
As wonderful as such a sudden boost of interest is, it also means fedi will… change.
It used to be a rather small network with strong culture around certain things. The number of new people is almost certainly *larger* than the number of people who had been active here until now. This strains the cultural norms quite a bit:
https://www.hughrundle.net/home-invasion/
It's time for fedi to get a bit of a respite, a breather, a moment to collectively take stock of the situation and changes it brings.
2/🧵
As wonderful as such a sudden boost of interest is, it also means fedi will… change.
It used to be a rather small network with strong culture around certain things. The number of new people is almost certainly *larger* than the number of people who had been active here until now. This strains the cultural norms quite a bit:
https://www.hughrundle.net/home-invasion/