Whoa. What happened on July 5 to make the @mastodonusercount register an additional million users in the #mastodon #fediverse? https://bitcoinhackers.org/@mastodonusercount/102396749689401626
@editor @mastodonusercount Gab joining the fediverse
@dansup @editor @mastodonusercount Not new users, mind you, those were their old user numbers ported over.
@ZacharyHerold
The cloned users are a smaller set and likely unrelated. I noticed today many users cloned from actual fediverse users, including myself, already complete with followers and everything. Then I started getting follows from people I already followed, but from GAB. Did some checking and like me most of those people didnt open the accounts either. Thats all I know, but I dont think the clones are the bulk of the million.
@freemo @Gargron @dansup @editor @mastodonusercount Okay fair enough possibly not the same issue