Matt Mullenweg again notes #Tumblr growth post Musk takeover of Twitter.

“And that’s been really exciting to see this beautiful community and so much creativity thrive. It’s been fun to sort of like, as #Twitter has its turbulence, to see just droves of users, hundreds of thousands per day come over to Tumblr.”

https://hallwaychats.com/episodes/episode-161-a-chat-with-matt-mullenweg/

@tchambers
We need hundreds of thousands of new #Mastondon users every day too!

I don't understand. If you're going to put the effort into switching to a new social media system, the only choice is #Mastodon

You are wasting your time on #Tumbler

@nicholasr later in the same podcast he recommitted his plans to add #ActivityPub and bring Tumblr into the Fediverse.

@tchambers Yes I am aware. Overall, this is positive because it enables more users to connect in the #Fediverse

#Mastodon is still superior to #Tumbler. #Tumbler #Twitter and #BigSocialMedia CANNOT replicate #OpenSource and #DeCentralized

@nicholasr @tchambers Diversity and choice is an important part of a healthy fediverse ecosystem. If Mastodon dominates, that will be unhealthy. It’s great Tumblr is committed to becoming a part of a much greater whole. Having another “big name” alternative to Mastodon that interoperates with it will be a huge proof of concept that could just be the tipping point where others go “ah ha!” and see the potential. Then we’ll be really cooking. 😀

@charlesroper @nicholasr @tchambers
Mastodon is already part of something much better, the fediverse includes many other services. for example Friendica

I think Misskey is a fork of Mastodon anyway but still uses ActivityPub

Hence it is preferred to use the term Fediverse, rather than Mastodon where possible.