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For all the criticism about the Twitter downsizing they have managed to keep the service running on a much smaller staff count.
by tonyedgecombe 11mo ago
For all the criticism about the Twitter downsizing they have managed to keep the service running on a much smaller staff count.
- spiderfarmer 11mo agoSmaller staff and smaller user base.
- Zigurd 11mo agoSmaller ad customer base, too, and qualitatively less demanding.
- red-iron-pine 11mo agoif bots count as user base they're thriving
- oskarkk 11mo agoHow much smaller user base? Looking at some recent data, which may not be accurate (but they're required to publish user numbers in the EU at least), it looks like the user base may be only 0-20% smaller compared to 2022. https://www.similarweb.com/blog/insights/social-media-news/x-traffic-peak-deactivations/ https://www.similarweb.com/blog/insights/social-media-news/x... https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/x-formerly-twitter-continues-to-lose-eu-users/746539/ https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/x-formerly-twitter-con... https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/07/threads-is-nearing-xs-daily-app-users-new-data-shows/ https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/07/threads-is-nearing-xs-dail... https://www.businessofapps.com/data/twitter-statistics/ https://www.businessofapps.com/data/twitter-statistics/
- Craighead 11mo ago[dead]
- array_key_first 11mo agoRunning is a very low bar, you could theoretically fire everyone except operations and keep it running. But software and networks rot. Twitter has been rotting, it's no secret. It pretty much sucks major balls.