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== Acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk (from Wikipedia) == | == Acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk (from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acquisition_of_Twitter_by_Elon_Musk Wikipedia] CC-by-sa) == | ||
Elon Musk published his first tweet on his personal Twitter account in June 2010. In 2017, in response to a tweet suggesting Musk buy Twitter, he replied, "How much is it?" | Elon Musk published his first tweet on his personal Twitter account in June 2010. In 2017, in response to a tweet suggesting Musk buy Twitter, he replied, "How much is it?" | ||
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* mastodon.social had performance issues because of all the new users. | * mastodon.social had performance issues because of all the new users. | ||
* German comedian [https:// | * German comedian [https://edi.social/@janboehm] joined mastodon.social and later moved to edi.social. | ||
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* According to [[Eugen | * According to [[Fedizen:Eugen Rochko|Eugen Rochko]] 93,603 new users have joined [[Mastodon]] since end of march. | ||
* The group [https://a.gup.pe/u/askfedi_de askFedi_de] was created to help new users who have questions and old users who have answers find each other. | * The group [https://a.gup.pe/u/askfedi_de askFedi_de] was created to help new users who have questions and old users who have answers find each other. | ||
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* [https://social.network.europa.eu/ EU Voice], the instance for EU institutions, which was already setup in February, was announced. | * [https://social.network.europa.eu/ EU Voice], the instance for EU institutions, which was already setup in February, was announced. | ||
* [https://mstdn.social mstdn.social] servers were upgraded to keep up with the new users. | * [https://mstdn.social mstdn.social] servers were upgraded to keep up with the new users. | ||
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* Musk finally acquires Twitter | |||
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* 4th surge to the Fediverse | |||
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== What it meant for admins == | == What it meant for admins == | ||
[[File:Dbcad5625ceabdfb.jpg|thumb|On April 27, 2022 David Revoy tooted this painting of his with the caption "Mastodon Admins this week"]] | [[File:Dbcad5625ceabdfb.jpg|thumb|On April 27, 2022 [[Fedizen:David Revoy|David Revoy]] tooted this painting of his with the caption "Mastodon Admins this week"]] | ||
Lots of instances where overwhelmed by the number of new and active users on their servers. Mastodon's poster-instance mastodon.social slowed down significantly for 2 days. | Lots of instances where overwhelmed by the number of new and active users on their servers. Mastodon's poster-instance mastodon.social slowed down significantly for 2 days. Mstdn.social, another big instance, had to upgrade their server. Mastodon.art, a big artsy Mastodon instance had to upgrade their servers 4 times about doubling their resources. | ||
[[File:Climate justice social new users screenshot.png|thumb|The graph of new users on [https://climatejustice.social climatejustice.social] from April 5, 2022 - May 4, 2022 ]] | [[File:Climate justice social new users screenshot.png|thumb|The graph of new users on [https://climatejustice.social climatejustice.social] from April 5, 2022 - May 4, 2022 ]] | ||
Other instances like climatejustice.social had troubles with signups as their free email provider only allowed 200 (signup) emails sent out a day. As you can see on the screenshot on the side signups went down after 2 days, because the backlog couldn't be handled. | Other instances like climatejustice.social had troubles with signups as their free email provider only allowed 200 (signup) emails sent out a day. As you can see on the screenshot on the side signups went down after 2 days, because the backlog couldn't be handled. | ||
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