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Twitter (X) loses over 30% of users in two months! (en.shiftdelete.net)
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[–] 280 points 3 years ago (21 children)

I'm all for shitting on Xitter, but this is a pretty bad article. It's written like somebody put it through Google Translate a few times, and doesn't cite any sources for any of its claims. Closest I could find was this Business Insider story on a report by Apptopia, which only says that its downloads in various app stores declined 30%, not its overall userbase.

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  • [–] 20 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Un-fact checked, poorly seemingly AI written, citing no sources? So you're saying it's perfect for Twitter?

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    And every other link sharing site unfortunately. Lemmy included.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (10 children)

    I haven't had the chance to look up the data myself, but if downloads did decline in a way that's unprecedented its a strong loss leader. To be really interesting though you'd have to couple it with other metrics.

    Edit: There are people implying they work or worked at Twitter. They didn't.

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  • [–] 17 points 3 years ago (9 children)

    Declining downloads simply means a slowing of growth, whereas this is claiming a user decline. That only shows up in traffic logs, transit commits, or CDN account usage data.

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  • [–] 22 points 3 years ago (7 children)

    Not necessarily.

    Every time someone buys a new device they have to reinstall the app. So declining downloads could be indicitive of less users.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Yeah and also, in capitalism, if a company ceases to grow, there's a good chance it will vaporize soon after. It's not a causation, but it's a notable correlation.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Yup! There are people out there with big pockets watching for stats much subtler than this. It doesn't always mean much taken on its own, but as a whole can paint an interesting picture.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    whole can paint an interesting picture.

    I know there’s meant to be a comma after ‘whole’. But I just pictured someone dumping a whole can of paint on a canvas and yelling “time!” Before walking over and slapping it on an easel at an auction and selling it for millions, while still dripping.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    Phone replacement is a high seasonality situation. CDN usage and access logs will absolutely show whether usage has declined or not. Release an iPhone and you see a major spike in new downloads, otherwise it's probably all pretty much background noise.

    My guess is everything involving Twitter has been on a decline, and the things I did know I'm not able to share.

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