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# Link: Lazy Reporters Claiming Fediverse Is ‘Slumping,’ Despite Massive Increase In Usage | Techdirt

=> https://www.techdirt.com/2023/02/08/lazy-reporters-claiming-fediverse-is-slumping-despite-massive-increase-in-usage/ Lazy Reporters Claiming Fediverse Is ‘Slumping,’ Despite Massive Increase In Usage | Techdirt
> Any site getting a big influx of users is going to have some number of them choose not to engage, especially something that’s new and different. But if you look at the actual retention rate for the fediverse, it’s astoundingly high.\r
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This is true, the quality of the content in mastodon feels very high. I've been exploring other communities such as Pixelfed and Bookwyrm, and what I find is communities that are still emerging but feel more active.\r
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It's exciting times on the internet!\r
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Either way, any one instance doesn't have to be as big as twitter for them to be a real challenge to centralized social-media.
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	4	> Any site getting a big influx of users is going to have some number of them choose not to engage, especially something that’s new and different. But if you look at the actual retention rate for the fediverse, it’s astoundingly high.\r
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	6	This is true, the quality of the content in mastodon feels very high. I've been exploring other communities such as Pixelfed and Bookwyrm, and what I find is communities that are still emerging but feel more active.\r
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	8	It's exciting times on the internet!\r
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	10	Either way, any one instance doesn't have to be as big as twitter for them to be a real challenge to centralized social-media.