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I'm still maintaining the #eXit spreadsheet as best I can, (https://bit.ly/eXit → GDoc), but -- a good problem to have! -- the rate of notable account deactivations, especially in Europe, is difficult to keep up with.
If folks still find it useful (I'm at this point mainly tracking the specific Mastodon/Bluesky accounts folks set up), I'd appreciate any volunteers willing to co-maintain it :)
It's worth noting that there are now _many_ international campaigns to organize civil society & individual migration away from X (and sometimes also Meta). I've heard of:
https://helloquittex.com/ (French + more)
https://vamonosjuntas.org/ (Spanish + more)
https://leavex.eu/ (Europe; multilingual petition)
https://campagnes.degoedezaak.org/campaigns/detox (Netherlands)
@neuSoM (helped organize academia migration off X in Germany)
Plus lots of individuals helping people, setting up servers, etc.
At least in my own observation of these efforts, I've so far seen far more collective action, setting up shared instances, etc. in Europe than the US.
In the US, nonprofits, academia and public orgs seem to go their own way more, don't collaborate, don't take action together. Counterexamples welcome!
This tightens lock-in effects and, for those who leave X, benefits private players like Bluesky and Threads (Meta) that have positioned themselves as drop-in replacements.
@eloquence This is really good to hear.
Probably just anecdotal, but I do enjoy perusing the federated timeline over here now and again.
It's been mostly German and English the last few years.
But there's been a solid uptick in French toots going around the last few weeks.
@eloquence how are you collecting your data? I’d be interested in trying to help on some way but I’m really focused on trying to help individuals and organizations setup mastodon server instances to bring over their communities rather than setup a Bsky account. We need people to get off centralized platforms. I am helping a nonprofit who is fighting disinfo to create a server instance right now and if they are successful they will be helping others do the same.
I'm very much just observing what people are doing via targeted profile searches, news reports in multiple languages, etc.
Hopefully the spreadsheet can be helpful in supporting efforts like yours!
@eloquence that seems difficult to track and thank you for your efforts to compile a list like this. As you can imagine getting influencers and or organizations to setup their own Mastodon server and build a community is also not simple. Having lists like yours helps them to feel this movement is happening so yes it is helpful. If you come across anyone interested in building a Mastodon community we are gathering resources to make this easier so have them contact me.