What's Mastodon precious?

I assumed people don't trust Meta compared to Bluesky.

It's predictably massive

https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/03/threads-now-has-275m-monthly-active-users/

Between threads and blue sky, the non-cultists are leaving in droves.

I wonder how much the two cult sites fight over the same users.

It's owned by facebook, it's irrelevant.

It basically exists for brands to advertise and avoids things like actual news. User counts are way overinflated. Heard multiple people say their algorithm is garbage.