Twitter is transforming into X, as the site’s former bird logo has now been replaced by an official new X logo. Elon Musk, who owns the transformed social media site, began signaling the change early Sunday morning with a series of tweets, starting with one that said, “and soon we shall bid adieu to the twitter brand and, gradually, all the birds.”
A lot, yes, probably even the majority of those that leave. Still, people leaving will cause some to also consider and join Mastodon. How many is impossible to predict for sure, but I agree that the publicity of commercial services will likely cause the majority to go there. Doesn’t change that Mastodon is bound to grow from stunts like this.