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it just works on old.reddit.com
Great! They can leave it there as far as I'm concerned.
Right? Talk a product redesign that literally nobody asked for.
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#132> We're almost back! You can find us hanging out in /r/downtimebananas, join us!
Who comes up with this, and who is it for?
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Has Twitter’s usage declined? I’ve seen a lot of opinions like this but they seem to be motivated reasoning and/or summarization of the views of a small echo chamber, but not based on actual data. I would guess most users of social media (and products/services for that matter) are not too concerned with antics of the owners.
Twitter is a worse experience for me today than it was before Musk purchased the company. I don't need to even be aware of his antics for that to be true. Killing Tweetbot is the biggest issue for me. The official iOS app is awful so now I never check Twitter from my phone. Plus my timeline isn't as interesting because lots of people I follow simply stopped posting. Maybe they left due to Musk's antics, but it makes…
>Who is using the site more because of Musk?
Ironically, probably musk haters.
I had a coworkers who probably despised Trump as much as Hitler, but she literally couldn't stop herself from doom scrolling his twitter account.
You don't need to make the app better to get more users, just increase engagement even if it's through the power of contempt. Just look at news channels that are always trying to make people angry.
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If you were me, you may not consider yourself to be ok. To give a simple explanation: I'm an extreme loner. Reddit is my human connection. I've been doing it for many years. I don't like it or dislike it, it just is. I'm content. Thanks for your concern.
What are your favorite subs?
sports subreddits. r/nba, r/nfl, my teams.
my city subreddit
r/chess + r/anarchychess (chess memes)
crypto subreddits
ya, those are the main ones. then all sorts of randoms. r/ProtonMail is a good random one.
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Has Twitter’s usage declined? I’ve seen a lot of opinions like this but they seem to be motivated reasoning and/or summarization of the views of a small echo chamber, but not based on actual data. I would guess most users of social media (and products/services for that matter) are not too concerned with antics of the owners.
> Has Twitter’s usage declined? Literally nobody outside of Twitter knows. As it's no longer a public company, they're under no obligation to share any metrics. My guess would be it increased until the end of 2022 (people were interested in how it's gonna turn out and more importantly World Cup was happening), but I'd be shocked if the usage didn't drop dramatically as 2023 rolled in.
Sample of one confirming your theory. I created an account and start using it to follow Musk as I thought he was some evil genius and loved to follow him and hate him.
I lost interest after a while when I realised he is of average intelligence with lots of emotional issues and just a crazy amount of money.
Haven’t logged in to Twitter for more than a couple of months now. Must not forget to delete my account at some point.
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Not to mention Musk just being a ghoul in general. Mocking the disabled is something I can't let go.
Did he know the person was disabled when he made the comment?
He said no. He said he wasn’t aware of all the information and also had been given some incorrect information on top of that. He tweeted this, of course and met to apologize and order to keep him on. So no, not yes.
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Reddit isn't really used as "defacto source of breaking news". I mean, local subreddits and other things stiff get prompt information, but it doesn't get as much wide coverage as Twitter.
Well it was for a while. Then they got someone killed during the whole Boston thing. So you know, theres that..
What? They didn't get anyone killed.
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Has Twitter’s usage declined? I’ve seen a lot of opinions like this but they seem to be motivated reasoning and/or summarization of the views of a small echo chamber, but not based on actual data. I would guess most users of social media (and products/services for that matter) are not too concerned with antics of the owners.
> Has Twitter’s usage declined? Literally nobody outside of Twitter knows. As it's no longer a public company, they're under no obligation to share any metrics. My guess would be it increased until the end of 2022 (people were interested in how it's gonna turn out and more importantly World Cup was happening), but I'd be shocked if the usage didn't drop dramatically as 2023 rolled in.
Interestingly Musk made it more transparent by introducing view count to every tweet so a simple solution might be to gather stats for the top 1000 users and each new tweet after 48 hours or so. Combine it into a trendline going forward. Under the assumption that the numbers are real but considering how many people that hate him, it would be a bold move to fake them and not expect to get caught.