Look at the financials. Twitter was a mess before he got there.
He might have pushed people away but, according to the company, the MAUs are increasing. It is hard to know since it no longer a public company.
As for Mastodon, like many others, it gets its day in the sun only to fade.
Remember Hive social? What happened to that? What about whatever the hell Trump was building? Where is that?
You are right, Hive (ours) keep chugging along in spite of few knowing about it. This will not be the case forever. We are seeing some important developments starting to roll out.
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We shall see. Some people just want a simple user experience and Twitter has that. I understand Hive Social looked similar, but they could cope. Don't get me started on Trump...
I have played with lots of platforms, but I will favour more open and decentralised ones. I may keep accounts on others for when they are useful to me. Hive is my priority.
I have got much love for Elon too, but the guy really is becoming a dictator to everyone, users and workers alike.