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[–] nromdotcom@beehaw.org 83 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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. ... 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. ... 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. ... 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.

[–] neptune@dmv.social 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The title comes from the linked article.

[–] nromdotcom@beehaw.org 10 points 1 year ago

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?

[–] fer0n@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

It can still be edited, it’s just being pre-filled if you post via the website

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] heliodorh@beehaw.org 58 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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

[–] 111@zerobytes.monster 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
[–] yiliu@informis.land 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So fewer downloads, which is a very different thing.

[–] amju_wolf@pawb.social 4 points 1 year ago

The article is just an outright lie lol

[–] bedrooms@kbin.social 36 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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.

This article doesn't show the source.

[–] 111@zerobytes.monster 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] bedrooms@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

Okay, this is different from losing 30% of users.

[–] Damage@feddit.it 6 points 1 year ago

Not just different, it's exactly the opposite, they are still gaining users, just at a slower pace

[–] ripcord@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah "popular research companies" was a big red flag for me when I first read it. Skimmed the rest.

[–] acastcandream@beehaw.org 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I couldn’t even read past the first 2 sentences of this article it’s such generic clickbait nonsense.

[–] luke@beehaw.org 15 points 1 year ago

These articles are made for the sole purpose of posting to social media so people read the title and think "Yeah! 😠"

[–] amju_wolf@pawb.social 3 points 1 year ago

I didn't even open the article but I agree!

[–] frog@beehaw.org 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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.

[–] TwilightVulpine@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hopefully Mastodon can gain more popularity now.

[–] MJBrune@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] cynetri@midwest.social 11 points 1 year ago

musk is really kinda doing the ADL's job for them lmao

[–] YuzuDrink@beehaw.org 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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!

[–] ChrisLicht@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

I think you’ll feel the same way about getting a Neuralink.

[–] nyan@lemmy.cafe 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] toothpicks@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

So, reading the rest of the comments, why are posting misleading articles without context then?