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If he really wants to do that, by buying Twitter he removed the incumbent and also acquired its users. Much easier than competing and trying to make people swit
by pmontra 4y ago
If he really wants to do that, by buying Twitter he removed the incumbent and also acquired its users. Much easier than competing and trying to make people switch to a new service.
My unverifiable prediction: no matter how many users will leave Twitter, the ones left will be more than the ones that would be using a new service after 1, 2, 5 years.
- hericium 4y agoUsers are running away just as employees who weren't fired.
- oneeyedpigeon 4y agoHe might retain something like a single digit percentage of users, but that would still be a lot more than if he started from scratch.
- truncate 4y agoHow often websites/apps that were really good at some point, rose back from dead to glory?
- oneeyedpigeon 4y agoWell, not often, no. I'm not really expecting that to happen with Twitter, I just think it IS a possibility. How many websites/apps that were as big as Twitter have totally disappeared?
- hericium 4y agoGeoCities, Myspace are the two biggest I can think of.
- oneeyedpigeon 4y agoI'd argue neither was anywhere near as big as twitter. In terms of users, maybe — I have no idea. But in terms of reach and influence? I don't think so.
- truncate 4y agoI think regardless numbers, it is usually a slow burn for situations like these. And probably plenty of people will probably not see a space to fill and try their luck. Hopefully, one of them will work.
- Firmwarrior 4y agoThose users are all hardcore addicts whose lives revolve around Twitter. It won't take much to get them crawling back IMO
- raspberry1337 4y agoI take a look at twitter, and there's more activity than ever. Everyone is talking about twitter. Where will users go - parler?