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Re:Mastodon’s Eternal September Begins by krapp on Thursday November 10, 2022 @11:31AM (#33548950)
Even in that case, I don't think it would happen. The only reason Mastodon is becoming "popular" is dissatisfaction with the way Elon Musk is running Twitter, and that's just a minority of the userbase. It's not like everyone went back to Usenet when Google started archiving it.
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Re:Mastodon’s Eternal September Begins by thomastjeffery on Thursday November 10, 2022 @12:14PM (#33549772)
The only reason Mastadon isn't getting popular (without airquotes) is that it isn't popular enough.

Social networks require a critical mass of popularity to attract most users.

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