5k new instances means *thousands* of people who invested their time, effort, and love into creating new communities.

Thousands of people taking upon themselves to moderate these communities.

These are all long-term commitments, and many if not most of those people know that.

The MAU value will drop by a *lot* probably. That's expected.

However, I will be closely watching the instances chart. And rooting for all the new admins, mods, and communities here on fedi. :blobcatheart:

5/🧵 end.