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Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

Mastodon actually has 407K+ more monthly users than it thought

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Mastodon actually has 407K+ more monthly users than it thought

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Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago
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Open source and decentralized social network Mastodon has more users than it thought. The service, which competes with X (formerly Twitter) and other
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    X (twitter): “Oh shit, most of our users are bots.”

    Mastodon: “Oh shit, we have a bunch of extra users.”

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      Probably still bots, I’m the only real person on the internet

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        HELLO FELLOW MEAT BEING, I TOO AM DEFINITELY A SQUISHY SACK OF ORGANICS AND NOT A ROBOT.

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          • samus12345@lemmy.world
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            Perhaps it is YOU who is the bot!

            • Dyskolos@lemmy.zip
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              Me? No. And i can proove it. I have a letter from my mom:

              “my son is a human. Signed, Mom”

              There. QED.

            • PinkPanther@sh.itjust.works
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              WHY ARE YOU SHOUTING, FELLOW HUMAN?

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        Is anyone else in here Solopsistic, or is it just me?

        • Petter1@lemm.ee
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          No, we are all bots, and we know 😉

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            Beep boop me robot

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              Same

          • 🏳️‍⚧️ 新星 [she/they]@lemmygrad.ml
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            Cowards! At least admit it in your display name…

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          Well, I’m an individual, just like everyone else

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        It’s actually really comforting to know im not a human as i thought 😅

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          Well don’t get to comfortable. You only feel that way because you were programmed too. Just like I was programmed to point this out to you.

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        You’re not a person! You’re a good bug, Steeve!

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        Hi

        beep boop I’m a bot

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        Come with me if you want to waste time

      • Foofighter@discuss.tchncs.de
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        I am actually several bots sharing a single account!

        • OttoVonNoob@lemmy.ca
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          I am several under age bots in a trench coat that is sneaking into a R rated site.

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            deleted by creator

      • Margot Robbie@lemmy.world
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        But I’m not a bot, I was here to promote a movie on this new social media platform…

        Wait a minute, that’s exactly what an advertising bot would do!

        … Oh boy.

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