It is not good news that Mastodon usage has dropped after the initial surge. But it's understandable. Patience and persistence are needed, along with greater (it's coming) ease of use here.
Meanwhile, it's disgusting that journalists -- whom Musk attacked directly and is still in some cases banning from his increasingly right-wing propaganda machine -- have meekly gone back to Twitter.
In a way, it's not surprising. Which says a lot about Big Journalism in our era.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-mastodon-bump-is-now-a-slump/
@aethervision@mastodon.social@dangillmor @jeff At least the “Hi, I’m new here. Why can’t I have everything that made the last place a toxic dumpster fire?” posts have declined. Yes, mastodon needs easier tools for some (very large) segments of the user base, but that should take a bit of time, don’t you think? This place doesn’t have to use growth modelling from the Oklahoma Land Rush of 1893.