Gregory's ServerOf course the journalist bans combined with banning Mastodon as "malware" caused a spike in Mastodon growth. Just as that was settling down, a new wave of bans caused yet another spike in growth.
This has been a pattern the past couple months. Every time Mastodon growth settles down (generally to a new, higher, rate), Elon causes another spike.
I guess Elon only sees the engagement his actions drive on Twitter and doesn't notice that he was and is the biggest driver of Mastodon growth?
@danluu yeah, I think Mastodon from Twitter change is in a tipping point process. It is possible to spend pretty large amounts of enjoyable time now just lurking. And while the language is less sharp and witty than the bird site, there is descent conversation.