Hubi@feddit.de to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoUsage Of Elon Musk’s X Dropped 30% In The Last Year, Study Suggestswww.forbes.comexternal-linkmessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10
arrow-up14arrow-down1external-linkUsage Of Elon Musk’s X Dropped 30% In The Last Year, Study Suggestswww.forbes.comHubi@feddit.de to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square37fedilink
minus-squaregravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·11 months agoHow much did human usage drop? Because there are a shitload more bots on twitter nowadays than there were in the years before he took over.
minus-squareHypx@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up5·11 months agoI suspect even more than 30%, and by a lot. Nearly all of the communities that once thrived seem to be dead. It feels very empty.
minus-squaremuelltonne@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoThis should be human usage - the user survey was done by phone.
minus-squaregravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·11 months agoAh, ok, 27% -> 19%, an 8% YoY drop, and the numbers were obtained using identical methodologies across multiple years. Yeah, I agree, seems to check out. Still, there are definitely a shitload more bots than there were before.
minus-squareTherouxSonfeir@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-211 months agoAny time something gets too big it gets bots. Lemmy will be the same. We will see instances getting defederated who cannot manage the spam. Fuck Elon though
minus-squarepsmgx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months ago Any time something gets too big it gets bots Dead internet theory, summed up in a sentence
How much did human usage drop? Because there are a shitload more bots on twitter nowadays than there were in the years before he took over.
I suspect even more than 30%, and by a lot. Nearly all of the communities that once thrived seem to be dead. It feels very empty.
This should be human usage - the user survey was done by phone.
Ah, ok, 27% -> 19%, an 8% YoY drop, and the numbers were obtained using identical methodologies across multiple years. Yeah, I agree, seems to check out.
Still, there are definitely a shitload more bots than there were before.
Any time something gets too big it gets bots. Lemmy will be the same. We will see instances getting defederated who cannot manage the spam.
Fuck Elon though
Dead internet theory, summed up in a sentence