Bluesky and Threads are growing very fast as users move away from Twitter as a result of the perception of Elon’s meddling. I think Bluesky is a superior option as it feels as user friendly as Twitter with additional controls to eliminate trolls and bots which have overrun Twitter. Threads is a lot like instagram with more text. As you can see below they are the number 1 and number 2 most downloaded free app from the App Store. I personally only use twitter if I want to post a link here since it embeds well. But soon so will those sites. Social media sites without liberal celebrities and journalists have failed miserably - such as Truthsocial. It will be interesting to watch if this is a speed bump for twitter or a cliff. Bluesky and Threads find opportunity as users and advertisers flee X Bluesky has more than 21 million users. Where does it go from here?
I don’t tweet and don’t have any desire to spend more time on social media, but I’m glad to see alternatives flourishing at twitter’s expense
I've never tweeted much, but Twitter was good for following intelligent people who post good news articles; very effective as a news aggregator. Elon Musk is such a vile, un-American POS though, that I rarely log on any more. And when I do, it has seemed for a long while like the algorithm has changed to stir up animosity. Lot's of posts from people I don't want to see, trolling type posts. I keep intending to delete my account, but just haven't got around to it. I will though.
I agree—X is a great source for the latest, highly specific information. However, it’s off-putting when the first thing you see are Musk’s goofy posts. Plus there’s more hate speech which gets old. “What we’ve seen,” says Ed Saperia, dean of the London College of Political Technology, “Extreme content drives engagement.” Creating toxic content became a viable livelihood….people saying patently wrong things for hate-clicks” Racism, misogyny, lies: how did X become so full of hatred? And is it ethical to keep using it? | X | The Guardian
twitter put up new rules. all your content is now theirs and they can use it to generate AI content without your consent i always suspected he bought twitter to train an AI model. the AI model becomes his new media empire creating a misogynistic, tyrannical support channel to you 24/7 Elon Musk's X is changing its privacy policy to allow third parties to train AI on your posts | TechCrunch
X will be fine. Journalists and sports writers want the biggest audience,which is by far on X. Elon is annoying, but if I want good sports info, X it is.
I would think anyone could data mine twitter for their model. I bet he has no idea how to leverage Twitter. It was a vanity purchase, like a middle-aged man buying a sports car - makes him feel cool but relatively useless. But if you have the money, play away.
For now. Twitter doesnt do anything special. Its entirely replaceable - its value is the users not the platform and unlike facebook its not the hub of your family and friends with lots of photos. Its just a news sifter.
I never subscribed to twitter. I am considering downloading Bluesky. I might wait till after the first of the year and see how its numbers look. On apps I am a follower not a trend setter. lol
As long as people scroll, and there’s an advertising market, it will be fine. If the traffic leaves, the advertising dollars will drop proportionately. Capitalism.
How hilarious is it that a rando poster is trying to say Musk has "no idea how to leverage X/Twitter". Just too funny. Yeah, the richest guy in the world doesn't know how to make money... Thanks for the Monday morning laughs.
Threads should, in theory, be a longer term winner. FB, Instagram, and Threads integrates boomer/Gen X, Gen Y, and Gen Alpha (in some ways). X will be fine if content creators simply cross-post platforms for maximum exposure. META wants to generate agents to achieve multiple tasks. Musk will get his share. would be funny if Musk and Zuck are using bots on each others platform to create false data and screw up their respective LLMs.
posters, at least credible ones, and advertisers do not want to have their material posted next to, above, below the stuff elon advances. if bluseky ends up being an or equal, then x is dead, it just doesn't know it yet. joe rogan and elon cannot generate that much ad revenue unless, of course, the new department DOGE, along with other federal agencies, buys a lot of ad space and uses twitter as its new media outlet source with all exclusives going to twitter
I’m not sure I agree. It would require a mass exodus from Twitter. I’m not seeing it.instead, it looks like people are parking a spot at Bluesky in the event it takes off. That said, there’s been several attacks on Twitter against BlueSky people, and so maybe BlueSky is working.
Bluesky ramped up with about 10 million new users over the last three weeks, bringing the total to 21 million. Obviously, X is massive with its global reach, but it’s great to see other options. I’m on both platforms and was surprised at how much Bluesky mimics X in appearance. Can they legally do that?
Nice try. The market is saying it. $44B to $7B valuation… the market always knows because the market sets the value. Take it up with them.
Are you saying that Elon paid $44B but its only worth $7B now? And loosing subscribers and revenue? Not so shrewd Or are you comparing the value of X to the value of Blue Sky. Cant imagine BS is worth that much already. .
