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@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