Taylor Lorenz
mercurial yapper (now in plasmatrap.com)@taylorlorenz wait, TikTok has a downtrend? That's news to me.
Darorad@writeblankspace @taylorlorenz Yeah, I'm really surprised by that, I wonder what's behind it
crazifyngers@writeblankspace
I have seen a dramatic decline in the algorithm. They are promoting longer content now a minimum 1 minute is needed for monetization. That used to be the max.That combined with half the videos now being sponsored posts or ads. And finally them reducing dramatically the money they pay to creators for popular posts is making it a much less desirable experience than 2 years ago
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I have seen a dramatic decline in the algorithm. They are promoting longer content now a minimum 1 minute is needed for monetization. That used to be the max.That combined with half the videos now being sponsored posts or ads. And finally them reducing dramatically the money they pay to creators for popular posts is making it a much less desirable experience than 2 years ago
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TTimo@taylorlorenz justly deserved for once.
Aleks@taylorlorenz And they say the news are all doom and gloom!
martenson@taylorlorenz soon to read as "former platform formerly known as twitter"
JamesWNeal@taylorlorenz When you're drowning, your panic causes you to grab onto whatever floats your way. Of course if it's a person and they're not a lifeguard, you may cause them to drown too. In this case, one can only hope.
Julio Perez 🌏📯@taylorlorenz es interesante el desarrollo de apps muy populares entre los menores de 25 años, quienes sin duda acaparan el tráfico web, aun con ello Twitter es una plataforma robusta para el mundo real, no por nada ahi se realizan campañas políticas y se filtra la brutalidad de las actuales guerras.
Austin Philp@taylorlorenz It's interesting that they ALL seem to be on a decline (though a much smaller one than X/Twitter) over the last year.
I wonder, Is there a decrease in social media usage in general? A change in how people are using social media (not on their phones), or a migration to other platforms not listed on this graph, like Mastadon, reddit, lemmy, etc?
RodneyPetersonTalentAgencyDefinitely not Reddit. Mastodon, yes.
@RodneyPetersonTalent @taylorlorenz While I'd like this to be true, Mastadon's active user count has also seen a slight decline in 2023 similar to those of the Non-X social media platforms.
According to https://mastodon-analytics.com/ we started 2023 with about 1.8million users and started 2024 with about 1.5million
Though I'm not sure how accurate mastadon-analytics is - I'm open to other sources if they show otherwise
davidak>I'm not sure how accurate mastadon-analytics is
the site says they use the official numbers from https://api.joinmastodon.org/statistics
other sources show similar numbers for the complete fediverse, where mastodon is a big part of
Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud@taylorlorenz Guilty of avoiding the Xitter.
Geoffairey@taylorlorenz no Threads though.
Frank Heijkamp@taylorlorenz The Arabs financed Musk and gave him clear instructions: "kill Twitter". He delivered.
Sliver Rider@taylorlorenz Good job doing a softball interview with a nazi. I'm sure that is contributing to this trend. A+
Pi@taylorlorenz It's funny
Ryan Heldt
Elena@taylorlorenz Facebook's stability in all this is quite a disappointment.
Craig Mcgee@taylorlorenz lovely!! twatter has gone down the toilet!
Greg Johnson@taylorlorenz anyone we else feel increasingly less admiration for each new crop of quitters? Like I’d be ever less likely to want to buy your book or attend your seminar.
Michelle@taylorlorenz where's threads?
Pepperbike@taylorlorenz Elon Musk is another stable genius.
Allan Chow@taylorlorenz does this imply an overall decrease in social media apps in general?
not a martian, honest@taylorlorenz so what I'm seeing is that xitter dragged down all the others?