yeah, hard to tell.... Lemmy peaked a little under 70k MAUs and is around 45k now... if pixelfed peaks at 300k it's reasonable to think it levels at 200k (i.e. a hundredfold increase from a month ago).
ofc every situation is different... e.g. pixelfed has tighter Mastodon integration (pro) but may depend more on a network effect (con). also iirc the lemmy MAU count methodology shifted at some point, from post/comment to post/comment/upvote/downvote which is a confound for the lemmy dropoff count...
Yeah, what I like about those stories is that they're open-ended enough that you can interpret them in various ways. What you're saying is definitely a valid interpretation.
Fuck them. If they’re such children that they’re willing to watch the world burn because the side that is looking to help them is smug, they can gargle these nuts and go fuck themselves. I’m done coddling these idiots.
Just say "the reddit-like corner of the fediverse, such as discuss.online" to avoid their keyword bots. (edit: oops I just read "discuss.online" is now on their keyword bots)
The one I was at, the speakers were talking about the various organizations to join to help make a change. Several groups were talking one-on-one and handing out flyers to contact for "next steps."
I personally signed up with Indivisible to demand our congressional representatives do everything they can to slow down Trump. But I also got the names of a couple other organizations if I didn't think that was enough.
I think the idea behind organizations like the Democratic Socialists of America and the Working Families Party is to have party-like organizations that work within the Democratic party so they don't act as "spoilers" given the 2-party system. (I could be wrong about that tho...)
Fam we should totally post to !superbowl@lemmy.world during the game! I'm sure I can look up some owl art or something...