X losing 30% of its UK users in a year (and 20% in the US) is clearly bad for its financial viability, but it has also accelerated the downward spiral of the platform into increasingly extreme content.
Via @jburnmurdoch.bsky.social @jemima.bsky.social @financialtimes.com https://www.ft.com/content/65961fec-a5ab-4c71-b1c8-265be3583a93
Via @jburnmurdoch.bsky.social @jemima.bsky.social @financialtimes.com https://www.ft.com/content/65961fec-a5ab-4c71-b1c8-265be3583a93
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The For You tab starts off decently targeted but slowly devolves to junk as the algorithm tries to tempt you with highly liked posts.
"active daily users in the UK have dropped from 8mn a year ago to only around 5.6mn now, with more than a third of that fall coming since the summer riots"
Does highlight the point that the growth of this place is only a fraction of the Twitter exodus.
Regardless, it feels like we are now in a much more fragmented social media landscape (just as we are now in a much more fragmented traditional media landscape).
I’ve used Instagram a bit more for certain stuff recently though in itself that’s not great. Not really got into Threads at all.
Can you elaborate on this? Do you mean this literally?
( No need to answer, just a triggered thought!)
It's by design. He's creating a right wing weapon-of-sorts... and he's succeeding.
https://youtu.be/RdGVK5k8A0c?feature=shared
Nothing insightful, just shallow "yes!"/"lol"/"I agree with this" from bluechecks
The morons and trolls were always at the bottom. I didn't have to interact with them at all. Suddenly they were the only replies I could see without scrolling down.
I hate Leon but I'm lazy enough that I would still be there if it wasn't completely useless now.