Musk seems to think Musk is a tech genius, but really he was just born into money and used it to buy a bunch of companies. In fairness he was able to recognise which companies to buy, doesn't mean he knows anything about databases though.

Other events will cause additional spikes for Pixelfed, Mastodon and others. Unless the US Oligarchs are going to stop supporting Trump's bat shit crazy policies they will keep pushing group after group off of their platforms.

It will be easier for the next wave to join as their is already content and already people they know and many issues addressed.

The department of education do have a lot to answer for. If Americans were properly educated and able to parse opinions and bullshit out of Fox News articles Trump and Musk wouldn't be running the country in the first place.