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1. mekka okereke :verified: (mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Jun-2023 14:37:14 UTC mekka okereke :verified:

   🤯 This year in social media is wild. The latest chapter is no exception. Fascinating data and anecdotes.

   Data:
   * Over 430K Fediverse accounts created in the past week. And it's accelerating.

   https://mastodon.social/@mastodonusercount/110576430285028932

   Anecdotes:
   Major communities may be moving soon.

   https://kbin.social/m/RedditMigration/t/59559/Removed-as-moderator-of-r-Celebrities-after-14-years

   Here's the Fediverse version of "celebrities" with exactly 1 subscriber so far... the person who claimed to be the former moderator of the celebrities sub-reddit.
   https://kbin.social/m/celebrities

   • mekka okereke :verified: (mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Jun-2023 14:37:11 UTC mekka okereke :verified:

     in reply to

     If Fediverse wins, dozens (hundreds?) of mobile apps and services have a continued path to be sustainable businesses. Yes, some of the big ones are VC funded. But many of the others are not. Unapologetically: I like helping to create paths for user benefit centered, trust based, innovative, companies to thrive.

     The Fediverse is messy. Just like democracy is messy. But they're both ideas that are too powerful to ignore. They tap into too much human power of both intellect and inspiration.

   • mekka okereke :verified: (mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Jun-2023 14:37:12 UTC mekka okereke :verified:

     in reply to

     Yes, Mastodon still has huge problems with "HOA racism" and user safety. But there is a "path to green" for all of these problems. And people (including me! 🙋🏿♂️) are working on them.

     Yes, the current version of ActivityPub is not ready for what's coming. But again, too many of the world's best SREs and API designers are now poking ActivityPub with a stick again, now that the scale constraints have changed.

     Wonderskeptic repeated this.
   • mekka okereke :verified: (mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Jun-2023 14:37:13 UTC mekka okereke :verified:

     in reply to

     I'm still sticking with my call that *long-term*, decentralized social media will be the winner. Too many of the world's greatest Android and iOS mobile development teams are now building for the fediverse. Too many of the world's best *human* moderation, privacy, and safety, experts are on the fediverse. The user benefits are too aligned, despite companies not having the usual metrics and analytics to optimize the experience.

     Fighting the fediverse is like fighting a flood by punching it.