Twitter's X logo is sending users to Mastodon

While popular social media platform Twitter has ditched its iconic branding in favor of owner Elon Musk’s favorite letter, the “X,” its open-source rival Mastodon has seen its user base grow. “Our monthly active user base has grown steadily, reaching 2.1 million,” Mastodon’s founding CEO Eugen Rochko wrote in a new post. We are not far from our last peak," he said. Since entrepreneur Elon Musk purchased the popular social media platform Twitter, the company has undergone many changes. Musk, who initially parted ways with many company employees, has also signed a series of regulations limiting users on the platform. The last change was in the company's iconic logo. The new logo is being changed in favor of owner Elon Musk's favorite letter "X". According to Musk's latest posts, the company's new name will now be "X" and the company's logo will also change accordingly. According to Elon Musk's latest post, even the X.com link is now directed to Twitter. While Twitter changed its brand perception by changing its name to X, its competitor Mastodon's user numbers have increased again. According to a new post by Mastodon's founder and CEO Eugen Rochko, the number of monthly active users for the Twitter alternative has increased steadily, reaching 2.1 million. German software developer Rochko said in his post, "We are not far from our last peak." Previously, Mastodon's monthly active user count reached 2.5 million between October and November, shortly after Elon Musk officially took ownership of Twitter, before falling to 1.7 million after a while. Twitter users also seem to have turned to other Twitter alternatives such as newly established Bluesky, T2, Spill, and Post. The Mastodon founder shared in his new post that the number of users on the platform has been steadily increasing, reaching 2.1 million. Before Musk's time on Twitter, Mastodon had approximately 300,000 monthly active users. The fate of Mastodon's growth often seems to depend on Twitter's moves. Mastodon, a decentralized social media platform operating on the Activitypub protocol, seems to be Twitter's biggest rival for now.