The title of this post is at best misleading and at worst simply wrong. From the source that OP linked in a couple other comments here (emphasis mine throughout):
Since the start of July, the app’s downloads have fallen by almost 30% compared to the preceding two months, according to data from app performance tracker Apptopia.
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Twitter has gained usually 15 million to 30 million users a month since 2011, according to filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. It gained just 10 million users between August and September of this year.
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Visits to the web version of X, which still operates as twitter.com, fell since the start of the year, with global web traffic down 10% in August and US traffic down 15%, compared to a year ago, according to an analysis by Similarweb.
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So far in September, daily users are down to 249 million, a roughly 2% decrease… Monthly users are down by about the same percentage, now at 393 million users from 398 million in July.
That is emphatically not “loses over 30% of users in two months.” That is, though, “signs of slowing growth” and “signs of the most recent round of dramatic announcements wearing off and folks moving on with their lives” which is why Musk is doing his best to get back into the news cycle.
Maybe OP should go ahead and update the post with a more accurate title to avoid spreading misinformation.
Okay. If the article is misleading or wrong, it shouldn’t be posted. If it is found to be incorrect after posting, is it better to fix the title and let the comments sort it out or to fully delete the post?
Would really appreciate it if this article had actual links to supporting articles/documentation. I can’t find anything recent in the news that corroborates this number. Admittedly I didn’t look too hard, but still - OP do you have any additional sources here? This website is vague af
I feel a little proud of the fact that I helped contribute to that loss of users. Not like I was really using my Twitter accounts, but I enjoyed deleting them nonetheless.
According to a report published by popular research companies, the company faced a significant financial loss by closing the last two months with a user loss of over thirty percent.
Since the start of July, the app’s downloads have fallen by almost 30% compared to the preceding two months, according to data from app performance tracker Apptopia.
The Twitter experience for me is BETEER now if I’m not logged in. Someone links a tweet, I read it, and no longer get sidetracked by comments and responses. Just the linked tweet, and done. That’s what I always wanted, and now I get it just by not logging in? Sold!
Honestly, sadly, I don’t think it will. People are likely to go to another platform that people they know are already on. I’m personally starting to get disillusioned with Fediverse with the lack of moderation tools from every side. It’s becoming a cesspool.
Even if the article’s title were literally true, 70% of . . . what, hundreds of millions of users? A billion plus? Regardless, that isn’t rock bottom, that’s “balanced awkwardly on the edge of the roof of that ridiculously tall building in Dubai after parachuting out of an aircraft”. There’s still a lot of “down” to cover.
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So, reading the rest of the comments, why are posting misleading articles without context then?
The title of this post is at best misleading and at worst simply wrong. From the source that OP linked in a couple other comments here (emphasis mine throughout):
That is emphatically not “loses over 30% of users in two months.” That is, though, “signs of slowing growth” and “signs of the most recent round of dramatic announcements wearing off and folks moving on with their lives” which is why Musk is doing his best to get back into the news cycle.
Maybe OP should go ahead and update the post with a more accurate title to avoid spreading misinformation.
Aha! Thanks for pointing this out. I don’t click through to read about certain topics and this is one of them. I’ll withdraw my upvote.
The title comes from the linked article.
Okay. If the article is misleading or wrong, it shouldn’t be posted. If it is found to be incorrect after posting, is it better to fix the title and let the comments sort it out or to fully delete the post?
It can still be edited, it’s just being pre-filled if you post via the website
musk is really kinda doing the ADL’s job for them lmao
Would really appreciate it if this article had actual links to supporting articles/documentation. I can’t find anything recent in the news that corroborates this number. Admittedly I didn’t look too hard, but still - OP do you have any additional sources here? This website is vague af
https://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-downloads-usage-sinks-under-elon-musk-ownership-2023-9
So fewer downloads, which is a very different thing.
The article is just an outright lie lol
I feel a little proud of the fact that I helped contribute to that loss of users. Not like I was really using my Twitter accounts, but I enjoyed deleting them nonetheless.
This article doesn’t show the source.
https://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-downloads-usage-sinks-under-elon-musk-ownership-2023-9
Okay, this is different from losing 30% of users.
Not just different, it’s exactly the opposite, they are still gaining users, just at a slower pace
Yeah “popular research companies” was a big red flag for me when I first read it. Skimmed the rest.
The Twitter experience for me is BETEER now if I’m not logged in. Someone links a tweet, I read it, and no longer get sidetracked by comments and responses. Just the linked tweet, and done. That’s what I always wanted, and now I get it just by not logging in? Sold!
I think you’ll feel the same way about getting a Neuralink.
Hopefully Mastodon can gain more popularity now.
Honestly, sadly, I don’t think it will. People are likely to go to another platform that people they know are already on. I’m personally starting to get disillusioned with Fediverse with the lack of moderation tools from every side. It’s becoming a cesspool.
Even if the article’s title were literally true, 70% of . . . what, hundreds of millions of users? A billion plus? Regardless, that isn’t rock bottom, that’s “balanced awkwardly on the edge of the roof of that ridiculously tall building in Dubai after parachuting out of an aircraft”. There’s still a lot of “down” to cover.
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Myspace is very much still there.
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I couldn’t even read past the first 2 sentences of this article it’s such generic clickbait nonsense.
I didn’t even open the article but I agree!
These articles are made for the sole purpose of posting to social media so people read the title and think “Yeah! 😠”