A day after Twitter imposed new limits on the number of posts users can see, rival social media company Mastodon reported a significant increase in traffic.
According to a July 2 post from Mastodon creator and CEO Eugen Rochko, the platform’s active user base surged by at least 110,000.
Mastodon is a German rival of Twitter with a similar tweet-like structure, though it highlights that it’s user-driven and decentralized. While Twitter is controlled by one entity, Mastodon runs via a network of thousands of dispersed computer servers and is primarily administrated by volunteers.
Rochko also thanked the Mastodon team for “coming to help with the infrastructure despite it being Sunday” and reposted various messages from long-time users and Mastodon developers.
The influx of activity on Mastodon comes after Elon Musk, the owner and former CEO of Twitter, announced that the platform would impose new limits on the number of posts accounts can read in a day. According to Musk’s new rules, Twitter users with verified accounts will be allowed to view 10,000 posts daily, while new and unverified accounts will only be allowed 500.
