they may still be there, but they are not investing nearly as much into the platform. Especially since Twitter wants money for the API that used to be free. It's the sole reason I ceased working on Twitter automations and shifted to Mastodon.
There's a big problem with Twitter having pornbots being the number one thing to respond to most posts.
That and the fact that compared to years ago, I barely would get any engagement... aside from pornbots. Compared to Mastodon like this convo
ChiefGyk3D /
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2024-06-03 15:36:35
in reply to nevent1q…capw
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