There’s still a lot of pushing and shoving on Mastodon as it strains under the weight of the Twitter exodus with new people try to find their niche and some existing users grumbling their favourite bar is getting crowded and loud.
The real change will be when Tumblr supports the Mastodon base software ActivityPub and another surge begins with users from both platforms able to potentially talk and post depending on how it’s implemented.
With Twitter failing as it sinks further into cesspool territory users are siloing themselves anywhere they can looking for a replacement that may not exist.
Some good info on the complexities facing Mastodon by Arstechnica
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/12/mastodon-is-hurtling-toward-a-tipping-point/
