Comment on Twitter (X) loses over 30% of users in two months!
drdabbles@lemmy.world 1 year agoDeclining 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.
Palerider@feddit.uk 1 year ago
Not necessarily.
Every time someone buys a new device they have to reinstall the app. So declining downloads could be indicitive of less users.
hoshikarakitaridia@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
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.
RocketBoots@programming.dev 1 year ago
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.
nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
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.
drdabbles@lemmy.world 1 year ago
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.
RocketBoots@programming.dev 1 year ago
Thank you.