@SirTapTap What I'd guess it is:
While Twitter management has always been kind of racist and sexphobic, this new guy is probably even worse.
That probably has something to do with it.
And then, Twitter, as a platform, is kind of a pit of toxicity and petty drama, and now, you have this guy making bizarre business decisions.
@olives well yeah Twitter absolutely sucks, but jp artists at least the ones I followed didn't seem to bother leaving Twitter until recently.
I bolted in November personally, but I guess the whole "x" thing is hard to ignore even for less attentive people
@SirTapTap @olives Also there are studies showing that two third of popuation in OECD countries have level 1 or below digital skills, and given that Fediverse platforms such as Mastodon or Misskey aren't very familar to most people using centralized platforms, I think there will still people still using Twitter because they lack skills to change to another platforms and aversion to change (Branding and policy changes are still better than a whole platform change for most people).
@natsume_shokogami @SirTapTap Interesting views there, Marisa.
Do you have any of those studies on hand? I'm interested in reading them (not because I necessarily think you're wrong though).
I'm not surprised there is a surge there in April. It fits very well with my hypothesis.
It's a shame that some are abandoning it, perhaps more could be done to make the fediverse more welcoming.
@olives @SirTapTap I think that current Fediverse platforms' situation of paradox of choice is even worse than Linux distros as difference between distros are much and much less due to desktop environments, while choosing a Fediverse instance also affect your visibility, culture and people you meet, difficulty when using, moderation policies,...
@olives @SirTapTap I think that Fediverse platforms should have a feature where an instance can suggest and redirect users to one of that instance's "suggested instances" to register, optionally maybe with additional questions to find instance most suitable to users instead of showing all kinds of instamces from the start which can be confusing. That also improve decentralization and server load as well.
@olives @SirTapTap Some smaller Fediverse platforms such as Fedibird of Pixelfed actually do have relay servers which can be used to improve smaller instances' visibility and easier to search for instances/content/account and improve server load. Idk why larger Fediverse platforms such as Mastodon or Misskey didn't adopt it, although most of the time federating with relay servers is opt-in.
@olives @SirTapTap There's a summary of one of the study (the original study link was dead and paywalled so I can't access now): https://www.nngroup.com/articles/computer-skill-levels/