Has anyone figured out why #Mastodon keeps having this strange development?
While users appear to be arriving in huge numbers, the stats for monthly active users keep declining.
I know the onboarding experience is not perfect, but still… this just seems unrealistic to me.
In fact, from my own experience using Mastodon, it feels like everyone is more active now than one year ago. So what is going on?
@randahl #Mastodon is more a space for subcultures and less for mainstream users. I know people who prefer bluesky, since they don't fell wellcome over here. The #Fediverse is too exclusive and special interest for many people I know.
@derbruesseler I would suggest that the focus on instances instead of users that is fundamental to this platform reflects exactly that sort of space for subcultures.
