It is not good news that Mastodon usage has dropped after the initial surge. But it's understandable. Patience and persistence are needed, along with greater (it's coming) ease of use here.
Meanwhile, it's disgusting that journalists -- whom Musk attacked directly and is still in some cases banning from his increasingly right-wing propaganda machine -- have meekly gone back to Twitter.
In a way, it's not surprising. Which says a lot about Big Journalism in our era.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-mastodon-bump-is-now-a-slump/
@dangillmor They don’t want to do journalism, they want to be social media influencers and/or book writers. Also, Twitter is a very safe place because it allows journos to lock elbows and defend each other in unison from any criticism by their followers, subscribers, viewers, and target book audience.