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Re:Mastodon has hit 2M active users today by notRobot on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @11:29AM (#36696027)
Meta/FB wants everyone on the planet to be on Threads (because profit). Mastodon doesn't need everyone to be on, since it doesn't make money from/off users.

Mastodon isn't for everyone. And that's okay.

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Re:Mastodon has hit 2M active users today by ehutch79 on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @11:43AM (#36696272)
This is the answer.
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Re:Mastodon has hit 2M active users today by nemo44x on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @11:49AM (#36696404)
The problem isn't with Mastodon or FB. It's with the organizations that want to build consensus, or rather the illusion of consensus. Twitter was where this was done because everyone was there. It isn't possible if some groups are in one ghetto, others are in another, and so on. They're preaching to the choir at that point and that's no way to influence policy.
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Re:Mastodon has hit 2M active users today by notRobot on Thursday July 13, 2023 @02:30AM (#36705674)
Mastodon doesn't need to influence policy.
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