Addressing some rumors regarding the popularity of select #Threads accounts.
#Meta Mind Trick: @zuck & @mosseri Did Not Conquer The #Fediverse Rankings (via @darnell@darnell.day) https://darnell.day/meta-mind-trick-zuck-and-mosseri-did-not-conquer-the-fediverse-rankings
Too Long; Did Not Read:
Threads is reporting total follower users (regardless if they enabled #ActivityPub or are leaving it off)
#Flipboard had a similar issue before providing more transparent stats
Theory: No Threads account is in the top 10, let alone
@darnell@one.darnell.one @darnell@darnell.day
A) does it matter? I mean, mas.to doesn't report my "followed by mas.to users" and "followed by other activityPub instances" numbers separately.
B) what's stopping Fediverse instances from reporting inflated numbers?
@schizanon @darnell@one.darnell.one @darnell@darnell.day again as usual, who do we trust?
@janettespeyer @schizanon @darnell@darnell.day We trust the real data.