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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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[-] TheRedSpade@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Redditors tend to be more technically inclined than Twitter users

This used to be true, but Reddit has been mainstream for years now. Today's average Redditor is likely pretty similar to the average Twitter user.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

When a quarter of the replies on Reddit have become "this" or "💯" or "^^," which it feels like it became when I left, I'd agree with you.

[-] Busy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

I remember when you'd get ripped apart and down voted to hell for daring to use an emoji on Reddit when commenting. People hated it. Then one day it was fine to do it, no one cared anymore. I guess that's around when Reddit became mainstream, maybe.

[-] beefbaby182@mastodon.world 1 points 1 year ago

@Busy @FlyingSquid

Probably cause more and more users gravitated to mobile where it became commonplace to include emojis in posts. I remember too when using emojis was a mortal sin. At most you could use an emoticon but that was it.