Mozilla has announced that its Mastodon server will shut down in December, and there has been a backlash in the fediverse – something I really cannot see the fuss about. Having instances come and go… Mozilla shuttering its Mastodon server….
With the news that Firefish is basically shutting down I am seeing a worrying trend happening on federated services recently. Because it is fairly easy to move your account around, services and platforms that federate… Is this the biggest Fediverse flaw?
2024 has seen a real paradigm shift in Social Media and its usage. I have posted about this many times (!) because after solid and real growth for decades we are seeing some real shifts,… What is happening with the fediverse?
I do hate to say this, but I can honestly say it appears that Mastodon had its chance and blew it. Daily users numbers are declining rapidly and even my small friends list is getting… Has Mastodon had its day?
I have seen lots of people talking about the fediverse recently and the low numbers of users versus traditional platforms. This is the main reason I think that many dismiss platforms like Mastodon, Pixelfed and… Fediverse numbers, do they matter?