New masto theory:
There are only 1,001 users and all the other accounts are accounts by those same users or bots. 
@viciousviscosity oh no the secret is out
@viciousviscosity
Ho gosh!
who am i?
what am i?
dans quel état j'erre?
@viciousviscosity Well, I have 4 accounts...
@viciousviscosity could be real