The number of daily active US users on X has dropped by 8.4% since early October, from 32.3 million to 29.6 million. Meanwhile the number of Bluesky users has risen by 1,064%👏 www.theguardian.com/media/2024/d... - ThreadSky

peterstefanovic.bsky.social • 152 days ago

The number of daily active US users on X has dropped by 8.4% since early October, from 32.3 million to 29.6 million.

Meanwhile the number of Bluesky users has risen by 1,064%👏

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/dec/11/from-x-to-bluesky-why-are-people-abandoning-twitter-digital-town-square

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tjrh.uk•152 days ago

I check mine nearly every day, see some sh1t that Lone Skum has posted - I don't follow but they shove this prick's ego into my eyeballs anyway - and then leave.
Here's today's:

triassic.bsky.social•152 days ago

I’ve deleted the X App. It was a Christmas present to myself, it feels good.

theshortviking68.bsky.social•152 days ago

Quality is more important than quantity though. Based on my yet meager following I would say 30% are bots, scammers, bit/scammers and worse. They need to receive a PURGE command.
#T33E

thisisfisk.bsky.social•152 days ago

Really glad to see a large amount of people I follow migrate here. Hope the momentum can be maintained.

As an aside, the app seems a lot better in terms of functionality and reliability too, which is great.

pensionerdave.bsky.social•152 days ago

That’s easy. It’s because I am here 😊

virtualkat10.bsky.social•152 days ago

Every now and then I end up on X just through force of habit and it is just SO toxic, I can’t believe I used to enjoy being there…

tavdy.bsky.social•152 days ago

Since the feed is as pleasant as ammonia asphyxiation, I changed my Xitter bookmark to my Following list, & check them individually. Not ideal when you follow a lot of people, but I avoid all the toxic waste, & I can prune as people migrate here.

wbryanh.bsky.social•152 days ago

I'm checking there every few weeks for new migrants. Already over 80% of my follows have come over here.

malemet.bsky.social•152 days ago

It's just not enjoyable at all, it's like taking a bath in a cesspit.

trump-is-a-cunt.bsky.social•152 days ago

Because Elon's a Cunt

philt602.bsky.social•152 days ago

While I do not disagree with your assessment, I think sadly have to recognise that his platform does appeal to certain part of humanity. The veneer of civilisation is paper thin. Only by setting & living by examples, can it be maintained. X just lifts the veil!!

maggiegordonwalker.bsky.social•152 days ago

Hi Peter 👋
You followed me on ‘the other place’, would you do so here? 🙏
‘Fellow Big Issue Changemaker’

wingletang.bsky.social•152 days ago

Cos he is a **** !

olliepol.bsky.social•152 days ago

I've just left X for good. It's full of very unpleasant people and I'm amazed that any decent folk remain. It's a nasty place.

keatiki.bsky.social•152 days ago

When Elon threatens US Lawmakers of the GOP who wouldn't support Trump, he's already losing the game.

slappingkarma.bsky.social•152 days ago

X faces fines of up to 6% of the firm’s global revenue under the DSA for failing to tackle illegal content. EU watchdogs are considering whether to calculate the fine based on Musk’s personal wealth, but with Musk’s White House role, the decision risks exposing the EU to new forms of retaliation.

seona3.bsky.social•152 days ago

I reckon Elon's time in government will end up being shorter than Scaramucci's.

slappingkarma.bsky.social•151 days ago

Right....You know he's spent $277million on Trump to win. It's not like a M&S gift you can return or exchange. He needs Trump to defend him from the EU DSA slapping him with a 6% of net worth fine. The UK should be following suit.....to show he cannot bully nations.

seona3.bsky.social•150 days ago

There are too many failure modes for a long tenure. Including, not exclusively, he pisses off Trump personally, he pisses off the rest of the cabal and gets ousted, he gets pissed off that his personal priorities aren't all addressed immediately and walks or he simply gets bored.

seona3.bsky.social•150 days ago

And remember, there's a limit to what kind of retaliation Trump can impose on the EU on Musk's behalf when he's already said that he will be imposing tariffs anyway.

slappingkarma.bsky.social•150 days ago

Think you'll find Trump interfering in Europe as much as he wants because it will be part of his America First foreign policy. Remember he is not a fan of NATO. Musk will be a conduit, wallet and amplifier for that message. Respect America and don't question our policy or actions.

mkt1882.bsky.social•152 days ago

Great isn't it! 😁

cwadeevans.bsky.social•152 days ago

Digital Town Square? It’s a digital back alley with a dumpster fire.

blayneydeborah.bsky.social•152 days ago

Great stats on 'X-pats' 👍

#Xpats mass #Xodus to @bsky.app
(since #Muskoloni mania?)

Good to see @ukparliament.parliament.uk @houseofcommons.parliament.uk move here too now?

sunderlandlolly.bsky.social•152 days ago

@reecedinsdale.bsky.social 👀

saying-it-101.bsky.social•152 days ago

I wonder how many bots fled and what it has done to the numbers - I wonder how many bots have joined 🤔

emptypandorabox.bsky.social•152 days ago

I still keep my account there but don't feel the need to check it. Will delete it on Christmas, my present for Elonia...

thomas-sparrevohn.bsky.social•152 days ago

I often found myself contemplating just how many actual blood and flesh users that are actually on X - For any advertisers it would be reasonable to know - When musk took over twitter a number of around 30% of the book was bots - now I guess it's worse - but I guess we never know ❤️

nejomo.bsky.social•152 days ago

Nowhere near enough sadly

meteorgirl.bsky.social•152 days ago

Bless their nasty little transphobic columnists…I don’t think anyone here cares very much what the Guardian thinks, about anything.

vieuxfox.bsky.social•152 days ago

How many daily active users does blue sky have? A lot of new accounts have no activity. I used to have 100's of more interactions on twitter than here. I think we need to lose the chip and accept bluesky for what it is.

markthemedic.bsky.social•151 days ago

A much better platform!!

geoffellison.bsky.social•152 days ago

Musk can gauge the level of angst using whoever remains on his platform. He knows they are easily manipulated and will target posts accordingly. It's basically his private club now. It most certainly isn't a "Town Square".

thevaccinationstation.org•152 days ago

👀

rodneyhydrowolf.bsky.social•151 days ago

Because Elon has lost his mind

amias.net•151 days ago

It's much nicer here

depsilorzepp.bsky.social•152 days ago

I wonder what percentage of active users are bots.

thebantammenace.bsky.social•152 days ago

I don’t think he’s bothered. I’m still on there and it is serving up some weird shit in my notifications. In my ‘Notifications’, not just in my feed. About 5 a day. Fruit loop stuff. I think he’s actively making sure it’s a place for Nazi loonies and conspiracy theorists.

justj1.bsky.social•152 days ago

Detrimental comments lose followers almost instantaneously

justj1.bsky.social•152 days ago

More horrible stuff appearing daily in the other place, turning into what musk intended, a mouthpiece for the rabid far right, the Trump/musk/farage foghorn

fishbank.bsky.social•152 days ago

He could care less what happens to X or how toxic it is. It served his purpose. He would not be where he is with Trump without it. Best 44 billion he could’ve spent .He owns the Republican Party. He can never fail now. They will do anything to keep him at the top.

rockstarserious.bsky.social•152 days ago

Blue sky seems much better to me than X. I much prefer it. It seems to have a very similar operating structure, so I'm not sure what makes it so much more pleasant to use?

careyr.bsky.social•152 days ago

Please can you persuade Samuel West to come to BlueSky, he is the only person I miss from X

i2eye.bsky.social•152 days ago

Excellent news! 😊

herschell64.bsky.social•152 days ago

Good to see the demise of Twitter as it was a total bin fire over there

simonjohnw.bsky.social•152 days ago

... has risen by a factor of 10

mjk4mj.bsky.social•152 days ago

Wrong answers on a test get an X. Musk was never a genius, he's a lying fraudster.
Deathsla. A plastic piece of garbage: "Tesla named 'The Deadliest Car Brand in America', NHTSA data shows" https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2024/11/24/tesla-named-deadliest-car-brand-in-america/76335529007/
Tesla software is awful. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/interactive/2023/tesla-autopilot-crash-analysis/?itid=lk_interstitial_enhanced-template

mjk4mj.bsky.social•152 days ago

The butterfly is a taking a xhit in that image.

ijh1.bsky.social•152 days ago

I got the first like! Never done that before :)

jwbelmon.bsky.social•152 days ago

29 million bots, scammers, and prostitutes

ceecee13.bsky.social•152 days ago

This is hardly surprising.
So many things these days were predictable except to the people who fell for them.

seona3.bsky.social•152 days ago

There's two types of town square, in my experience. The ones that are nice to hang out in on a sunny afternoon and the ones that you hurry through because they're full of drunks and weirdos shouting obscenities at you. Musk took the former and turned it into the latter.

simond1954.bsky.social•152 days ago

Meanwhile BlueSky has grown by 6 million users or 30%
UK Parliament and UK House of Lords now have accounts.

cpmumma.bsky.social•152 days ago

Yes ive moved over. Had yet another troll calling me a liar and a scrounger then calling my son the R word and the M word. Then went on to say all disabled people should be shot. I defended myself he reported me and my X acc has now been suspended

olliepol.bsky.social•152 days ago

I hope you reported that piece of shit but then the way that troll behaved is what X likes. It's a cesspool.

cpmumma.bsky.social•152 days ago

I did so did many others but hes still active. I got suspendes bc i had previously been reported for a pic of a cheese and potato pie so had to remove it! Apparently it was graphic content! With this current suspension i did tell max tempers the troll to drop dead. My bad

olliepol.bsky.social•152 days ago

Best not to waste any more time worrying about scum like that. BS is a kinder place and I'm pretty sure oafs abusing others will be dealt with appropriately.

ljhblurbsmith.bsky.social•152 days ago

That’s awful. I deactivated my X account midway through the year, when I realised I hardly ever saw posts from people I followed and was being shown posts by people who could most charitably be described as idiots. I was blocking my tenth account of the morning and just thought: “What’s the point?”

cpmumma.bsky.social•152 days ago

Yeah its mostly ads, bots and trolls there now. Im just sad ive lost all my lovely followers.

ljhblurbsmith.bsky.social•152 days ago

Same here. I had about ten times as many on X, but what’s the point when so many have stopped posting and you barely see those that do among all the Musk-promoted rubbish? Anyway, welcome to Bluesky. 😊

cpmumma.bsky.social•152 days ago

Thank you x

seona3.bsky.social•152 days ago

Keep the faith. In a few weeks, I've now got more followers here that I managed in 5 years on Twitter. It's still only in the 500s, but still...

cpmumma.bsky.social•151 days ago

Where are all the ads? Its odd!

jayjacobwhite.bsky.social•151 days ago

Hey Peter, may I have some clarification on what you say. Do you suggest that X presently only has 29.6 million users? This is low. How can we verify this?

elemjay.bsky.social•152 days ago

I'm now finding I'm not even checking my HellXcape account daily.
My Blue Tick w@nker status is cancelled.
I'd love to see the number of folks who still have X profiles they're winding down that have also done the same.

virtualkat10.bsky.social•152 days ago

Barely go on there after a long term addiction….and when I do it’s just 🤮

elemjay.bsky.social•152 days ago

Angry people belittling your every post.
I'm not missing it at all.

lizrocks.bsky.social•152 days ago

I deactivated mine. There are a couple of good folk there who are staying and I miss seeing them but mostly don’t miss it.

samanthajt.bsky.social•152 days ago

steverowland.bsky.social•152 days ago

He has only to look in the mirror to see who is to blame.

malemet.bsky.social•152 days ago

It's not nerve wracking to respond to a post on Bluesky so I enjoy it. I'd have to prevent replies from people I didn't follow on X because the automatic response is stupid abuse. No point to it.

wmferrall.bsky.social•152 days ago

Despite Elon Musk's claims otherwise, Twitter X has never been ranked higher than #8 - #12 worlwide and in the U.S. by reputable ranking services. And legit advertisers have deserted the platform in droves. Those who are there now are mostly bargain basement, bottom feeders as adverts.

whobiggs.bsky.social•152 days ago

Still known as Twitter 😐

adamt1966.bsky.social•152 days ago

Not really comparing apples with apples with those percentages. But I like the trend.

derynclwyd.bsky.social•152 days ago

Uck Felon.

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