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As Twitter destroys its brand by renaming itself X, Mastodon user numbers are again soaring | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)

submitted 2 years ago by adonis@kbin.social to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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As Twitter ditches its iconic branding in favor of owner Elon Musk's favorite letter "X," its open source competitor Mastodon is once again seeing usage numbers soar.

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[-] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 20 points 2 years ago

Serious question: Are Mastadon users just like kbin and Lemmy users, but with a character limit?

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[-] UnivesityHelpful829@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago

xvideos twitter videos? lmao

[-] TerkErJerbs@lemm.ee 20 points 2 years ago

[-] recapitated@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago

lol there has got to be a better cadence to deliver this joke. like "Twitter, now called X, has launched a new video sharing service at xvideos.com"

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[-] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 2 years ago

If you want greater adoption, especially for Twitter users, then we should be evangelising Misskey and Calckey/Firefish over Mastodon, especially given the feature set more closely mirrors Twitter.

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[-] chrizbie@lemmy.nz 17 points 2 years ago

oh that's the straw?

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[-] jupiter_rowland@hub.netzgemeinde.eu 17 points 2 years ago

CalcKey should have been renamed ℂ instead of Firefish. Because.

[-] reverendz@lemmy.ml 17 points 2 years ago

Anyone recommend a good iPhone app for Mastodon?

[-] echoplex21@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago

Gonna go against the grain here and just recommend the default Mastadon app. It’s simple and gets the job done with no Bells and whistles. Not sure there’s much missing

[-] alxhghs@programming.dev 13 points 2 years ago

Yeah I’m also on the default and not sure what other apps have going for them that make them better

[-] gyrodaddy@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 years ago

Ivory is my favorite as long as you don’t mind supporting the developers. But a close second place for me is Ice Cubes.

[-] loaf@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 years ago

I second Ice Cubes. I would recommend Mammoth as well, but feed loading can be super slow.

The official app loads super fast, but way too many limitations IMHO.

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[-] teuast@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago

i never got into twitter, and the longer this goes on, the more glad i am about that

[-] kaotic@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

Elon has no idea how to run a social media company. At this point he's just trying random shit hoping it will work. Get the platform operating successfully again and then worry about branding...

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[-] jayrodtheoldbod@midwest.social 13 points 2 years ago

That's a bummer, hang in there Mastodon, keep bloomscrollin

Hopefully a massive influx of Twitter jerks doesn't kill what makes Mastodon a nice place in the first place.