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As Twitter destroys its brand by renaming itself X, Mastodon user numbers are again soaring | TechCrunch(techcrunch.com)

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As Twitter ditches its iconic branding in favor of owner Elon Musk’s favorite letter “X,” its open source competitor Mastodon is once again seeing usage numbers soar.

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Sam@lemmy.ca
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Every time that happens the fedi retains a good chunk of users. There’s significant and stable growth throughout.

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Ya that’s what happened with me, I deleted my account once Musk took over and started a Mastodon account and now I’m on Lemmy too and haven’t looked back at either platforms

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