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First all the bs with Twitter and Elon, then Reddit having an exodus to Lemmy (not complaining lol), then Twitch. Are we like, in an alternate self healing dimension or something?

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[–] jesse_mccree@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Twitter gain/lose ratio really in trending up. Honestly next month when content creator start getting paid it will gain even more

[–] thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There is a crisis of democracy in contemporary societies, every time that you invoke the direct power of the people, the status quo conservationists ban your participation and exclude you of most of the expression spaces.

[–] Lucy@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Let them self destruct.

I'm just glad to have found this place. 😂

[–] super_user_do@feddit.it 1 points 1 year ago

The internet users are learning about corporate greed and rights!

[–] ppp@lemmy.one 0 points 1 year ago (15 children)

Dying? Twitter is very well "alive" despite everything that has happened. I don't know what will happen to Reddit and Twitch but I doubt these platforms will "die". They aren't dying really. Just becoming worse over time. People will continue using these platforms up to a certain degree.

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[–] Kissaki@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

What's happening with Twitch? I haven't heard anything.


The post title implies it were prevalent. Which it is not. Three platforms is not a lot overall.

The reasons between Twitter and Reddit are very different.

Twitter was fine. It's on a single Person - Elon Musk - who bought Twitter. All changes after it were through them.

Reddit became a big platform. Now it's run not by a small team but by a big company with management and CEO. Supposedly targeting going public, and probably focusing no longer on usefulness and the service but on profitability and growth. An inherently, broadly, and very different mindset and goals.

[–] dillydogg@lemmy.one 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I suspect that twitter is going to persist for a while too. I was talking to my partner who is no fan of Elon and where he is taking the site, but she said that she doesn't know where she could build the kind of community she has found through Twitter. She gave mastodon the ole college try too, but the onboarding process there is somewhat complex, especially if you are trying to create a community similar to what you have on Twitter. So on Twitter she remains.

[–] Kissaki@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, Twitter already had critical mass. Many people built communities and networks and will likely remain for a long while still. It's so big many can leave and they'll still have many users.

Still, the platform did huge fuckups and changes driving users away. Doesn't mean it's dead. But certainly not doing well either.

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