Without the setbacks of the new boss of Twitter, Mastodon would not have acquired such dazzling popularity in such a short time. To the latter, the press attributes all kinds of qualifiers: “alternative to Twitter”, “decentralized social network”, etc. Currently, Mastodon is experiencing a veritable rush of monthly active users: they are said to have reached 2 million lately.
Mastodon achieves a new record
” Mastodon has just exceeded 2 million monthly active users, a new record! People vote with their feet. The future of social media doesn’t have to belong to a billionaire, it can be in the hands of its users. »
It is in these terms that the Mastodon team celebrated its 2 million monthly active users this Sunday, November 20. 13 days from post of Eugen Rochko, CEO of this social network based in Germany, their number has almost doubled.
However, on October 27, Mastodon already registered 500,000 new users. At that time, the Dogefather Elon Musk had just acquired Twitter and announced major reforms for the bluebird network.
At the same time, Twitter has lost the equivalent of 1 million users since the arrival of the multi-billionaire at its head. Fortunately, it still has some 230 million daily active users to retain.
In an interview given to ForkastDanny O’Brien, Senior Researcher at the Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web, explained that:
” Until now, people felt stuck with sites like Facebook or Twitter. Hopefully, after years of working behind the scenes with a smaller group of people, decentralized social media is ready to catch fire and grow. »
Mastodon, a decentralized Twitter
Supported by the European Union, Eugen Rochko developed Mastodon, a self-hosted and decentralized social network, in 2016. Indeed, it is not the property of any billionaire and operates on the basis of a network collective made up of 3,000 servers. It allows you to publish videos, images and also “toots” (the equivalent of “tweet” at Twitter) which can reach up to 500 characters.
Elon Musk and his partners (including Binance) certainly have fixed ideas in mind when buying Twitter. Directing this social network to Web3 is indeed part of its plan. But about the decentralization, Mastodon shows more performance compared to the Californian company. The BlueSky of Jack Dorsey, founder of Twitter, would however be the direct competitor of Mastodon.
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