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1. switching.social (switchingsocial@mastodon.at)'s status on Thursday, 04-Jul-2019 15:40:26 UTC switching.social

   @DashEquals @jarm

   I'll tell you how I came to see it.

   Today, the number of users on Mastodon seemed to double overnight.

   This seemed weird, so I checked the lists. There were two huge megainstances overnight: gab.com and exited.eu

   Clearly they're faking their numbers, but why did they both fake their numbers simultaneously?

   Seems like a huge coincidence, no?

   Were they trying to promote themselves by faking their way to the top? Simultaneously?

   Have a look at
   https://the-federation.info/mastodon