• Jordan117@lemmy.world
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    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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      1 year ago

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

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      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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        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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          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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            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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              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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                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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            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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      Imagine paying 40 billion for it too. The moron is so disconnected, I hope he gets butt cancer.