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How come more people are searching "mastodon" this week?

https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=mastodon&hl=en-US

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[โ€“] ItsaB3AR 4 points 1 year ago

Lenny is showing them how well a fediverse can work, so they want to try more social media based on it. Also twitter is a tire fire right now.

[โ€“] 0x4E4F 4 points 1 year ago

They're sick and tired of Twitter I guess ๐Ÿคท.

[โ€“] can 3 points 1 year ago

Twitter rate limiting and broader fediverse awareness.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Twitter got even worse again recently

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Cuz reddit and Twitter are going to hell?

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Meta's new app Threads plans to federate with the fediverse. They specifically mentioned mastodon. That's probably why.