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My employer today officially retired our Twitter API connections. We were still using it for logins and some limited post-to-social media functionality, but thi
by gamblor956 3y ago
My employer today officially retired our Twitter API connections. We were still using it for logins and some limited post-to-social media functionality, but this past month's data was clear: Twitter isn't used at all by the younger generations.
Out of more than 150k+ new accounts in the past week (across Google, Apple, Twitter, and Meta), Twitter was less than 0.1%. Across all accounts (not just new ones), Twitter usage was less than 0.5%. And the big killer: more people requested we add Threads integration in the past week than used Twitter in the past quarter.
- dathinab 3y agoAFIK pretty much most (active) people on twitter by today are there because they are stuck there due to network effects, lazy and just don't care, or musk fans. I.e. there is nothing sustainable about that IMHO. Worse I wouldn't be surprised if the first group isn't just the biggest, but also the one which has the most paying users.
- mrguyorama 3y agoMost of the people still on Twitter are there because for $8 a month they can push their toxicity and probably garbage opinions onto anyone else.