Mapping Fediverse Communities
www.newsmastfoundation.org
“People often think the Fediverse is about tech. We’ve not found that,” says Michael Foster, Co-Founder of Newsmast. “Around a million people participated in knowledge-sharing over the last six months, in a broad range of Communities, from Pets to Politics.” Knowledge-sharing makes up a big part of the Fediverse. We estimate there were around 930,000 … Continued
  • @Cochise@lemmy.eco.brEnglish
    3•2 months ago

    Very interesting report, and very ethical way to gather the data for study.

    The part about how a small number of core users are important to the community is something we need to keep on our minds. But something bugging me is how Threadverse is absent from the report.

    • @algernon
      1•2 months ago

      Threads does not interact with the Fediverse in its current form. It’s a horn blasting into the fediverse at best. It’s not participating in the fediverse, it’s shouting into it. As such, it’s correct to not report on how thredsizens participate in the fediverse - they do not, not at this time.

        • @algernon
          2•1 month ago

          Ah! My bad.

          mumbles something about big corps choosing way too generic names for their stuff