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Holy hell the twitter exodus is **still** accelerating. The influx of new users is up about 33% from yesterday, our biggest day so far. We are now seeing over 1,300 new users every day on QOTO!
@magicaltrout We do have ways you can donate, and i can set you up with some of them. But we are very well funded from my own pocket and ive invested enough in the QOTO bank account to ensure we operate for years.
@freemo This is crazy eh, maybe Msck should buy facebook and we can be rid of that wreched platform too.
@freemo Yay! That's great!
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Keep an eye on the servers. 😅
@freemo Some people are finally getting over their lethargy enough to put frustration into action, some might have been triggered into action by an escalation of acting out by the new owner, and some might have been trying for a while but only now figured out enough about mastodon to make the jump. 😂
@pwinn Seems like it is the push they needed :)
May people find their free speech here, without subscription fee. 
@freemo What attracts people to Join are the other people alread here. Growth can be exponential until saturation or other (maybe technical) limiting factors kicks in.
@freemo ... and that includes me after 12 years on Twitter ... the new owner's support of Trump's Republicans did it for me ... so hello Mastodon
@nicklightbody Im surprised no one asked me if i support Trump or republicans... Maybe im a raging trumpeter too :) (hint: Im not :) )
@freemo I brought my wife on board here yesterday. I really didn't encourage her participation on Twitter because I already knew how rough and tumble it is. She has panic and anxiety disorder severe enough to be a disability. She does NOT need... well, Twitter is as Twitter does.
My hope is to get her plugged in with a good group of #grandma s, #knitting , #crochet , #heartdisease kind-hearted folks to help her through the long winter as she is largely housebound. I didn't bother trying on that other site.
@LaurelRye @mikmaqpeek I will make sure she sees your message! She's very shy.
@Romaq @mikmaqpeek No pressure whatsoever - there's no expiry date. 
@freemo I guess people really hate Elon!
@JonKramer @freemo While I in no way condone antisemitism, sometimes I wonder if actually *not* straight up banning all sorts of knuckleheads would be better in the long run, at least to break up their echo chambers. Also, after watching Kanye talking to Lex Fridman I actually felt bad for the guy. How somebody so dumb can be so famous is beyond me.
@freemo do you know if on Mastodon there's any way to direct message a person using E2E-E?
@freemo For me it's not an exodus from Twitter (haven't used it in years) but reading good posts on Hacker News about Mastodon and it appealing with my values much more than any other social media.
@freemo but it looks like only technically sound people are joining the network .. regular folks do not seem to be able or interested 🤔
@freemo My wife, her sister, and I are among those who have said no to E. M. I like civil dialog based on truth.
@DaleL Wonderful to have you then. Lots of people giving EM the middle finger lately :)
@freemo Does qoto collect donations for its upkeep? I don't see anything on the about page