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I don't think so because it seems both sides were engaged with non-American IPs running hugely popular accounts and it makes sense, why wouldn't you play both s

I don't think so because it seems both sides were engaged with non-American IPs running hugely popular accounts and it makes sense, why wouldn't you play both sides when you are paid for attention? I'm thinking Nikita is falling out with Elon as they both seem to have diverging goals with the platform. Advertisement revenues on X isn't that great and neither are conversions on X so you can't really get consistent payouts that match Youtube. Premium subscriptions don't bring in as much dough as advertising did during Twitter days.

SV_BubbleTime 11mo ago
>I'm thinking Nikita is falling out with Elon Hmm, interesting insight, what did they each say when you talked to them?
ceejayoz 11mo ago
> I don't think so because it seems both sides were engaged… One side has largely left X.
- pseudo0 11mo ago
  The stats don't bear that out. Bluesky has been losing momentum since the election, with its DAU dropping from around 3.5 million to under 1.5 million today. For comparison Twitter has over 100 million. Right-wing alternative platforms had similar issues sustaining momentum, despite a much stronger push factor (right-wing people kept getting banned). It's hard to overcome the power of Twitter's network effect. https://bluefacts.app/bluesky-user-growth?t=3m https://bluefacts.app/bluesky-user-growth?t=3m
  - ceejayoz 11mo ago
    > For comparison Twitter has over 100 million. We're on a thread about widespread fake/inauthentic users on Twitter right now. I see very little reason to trust those numbers.
    - stressback 11mo ago
      Is it any more trustworthy than you saying above that "one side has largely left X"?
      - ceejayoz 11mo ago
        I like to consider myself more trustworthy than Musk, yes.
  - jeromegv 11mo ago
    The stats show that Twitter is going down overall. People can’t handle the amount of bots and discourse over there Threads is basically at the level of Twitter now. https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2025/11/03/threads-passes-x-in-key-monthly-metric-for-first-time-in-zuckerberg-vs-musk-battle/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2025/11/03/threads-...
- mlrtime 11mo ago
  Correct, and taken over reddit which has the same issue as X.

SV_BubbleTime 11mo ago

>I'm thinking Nikita is falling out with Elon Hmm, interesting insight, what did they each say when you talked to them?

ceejayoz 11mo ago

> I don't think so because it seems both sides were engaged… One side has largely left X.

pseudo0 11mo ago
The stats don't bear that out. Bluesky has been losing momentum since the election, with its DAU dropping from around 3.5 million to under 1.5 million today. For comparison Twitter has over 100 million. Right-wing alternative platforms had similar issues sustaining momentum, despite a much stronger push factor (right-wing people kept getting banned). It's hard to overcome the power of Twitter's network effect. https://bluefacts.app/bluesky-user-growth?t=3m https://bluefacts.app/bluesky-user-growth?t=3m
- ceejayoz 11mo ago
  > For comparison Twitter has over 100 million. We're on a thread about widespread fake/inauthentic users on Twitter right now. I see very little reason to trust those numbers.
  - stressback 11mo ago
    Is it any more trustworthy than you saying above that "one side has largely left X"?
    - ceejayoz 11mo ago
      I like to consider myself more trustworthy than Musk, yes.
- jeromegv 11mo ago
  The stats show that Twitter is going down overall. People can’t handle the amount of bots and discourse over there Threads is basically at the level of Twitter now. https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2025/11/03/threads-passes-x-in-key-monthly-metric-for-first-time-in-zuckerberg-vs-musk-battle/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2025/11/03/threads-...
mlrtime 11mo ago
Correct, and taken over reddit which has the same issue as X.