It really is. But it’s the textbook result of Democrats not voting.

17% of registered voters actually voted for Governor and the Landry got in on 11%. It’s the same across nearly all disticts which has more registered Democrats than Republicans.

People are so disenfranchised and uninformed that they don’t even bother.

Not exactly a 1:1 situation.

Threads did the same thing. Explosive growth followed by silence. Social media grows over time. It’s not a constant gigantic upward slope.

They were more proactive at blocking bots.

That hasn’t been my experience. Unless 18.3 recently changed the situation.

Not an option for me yet. Especially after I found out some instances federate messages slowly. Like up to an hour late slowly.

Sounds like they were trying to find a reason to defederate.

Looks like they’re trying to get 3rd parties to make them. Oh well, pour one out for the quirky little machine.

The threat mainly is a corporation looking to assert itself within the fediverse in an attempt to kill it’s growth with eventual incompatibilities. Personally, I don’t have a dog in this fight, but it’s been interesting to watch.