For those who are curious, here's what our user growth numbers have been for the past year.
That spike at the end? All from the last two days. 
(Info from https://the-federation.info/node/mastodon.art)
@Ayior Twitter made some changes to their algorithms, and there was some concern about shadow-banning practices too. These are almost all artists coming over from Twitter. 
@Curator I shared it on my Twitter and I know a lot of people have been sharing it from there and such! I hope the growth continues. So far everything seems wonderful here! I am having issues with deleting post but otherwise very excited about this!
@MegglesArt Yeah, the problems with deletes will be due to the server lag… but I've purchased a server upgrade, so hopefully that will help!
Also, thank you *so much* for telling people about us. 
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@Curator it's working better for me now! ❤
@MegglesArt Aaah, I'm so happy to hear that! 
@Curator Such a huge spike just from the last two days? This is so cool to see. Granted, I"m one of the people in that spike, haha.
@Curator I'm glad to be one of them! This site is so friendly and welcoming!
Everyone stick around, though. None of this toot-by-night business. 🎺 🍻
@Curator So exciting! Thanks for you and all of our staff's work to deal with the surge of growth!
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Why is the influx happening though?