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[-] RocketBoots@programming.dev 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I haven't had the chance to look up the data myself, but if downloads did decline in a way that's unprecedented its a strong loss leader. To be really interesting though you'd have to couple it with other metrics.

Edit: There are people implying they work or worked at Twitter. They didn't.

[-] drdabbles@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

Declining downloads simply means a slowing of growth, whereas this is claiming a user decline. That only shows up in traffic logs, transit commits, or CDN account usage data.

[-] Palerider@feddit.uk 21 points 1 year ago

Not necessarily.

Every time someone buys a new device they have to reinstall the app. So declining downloads could be indicitive of less users.

Yeah and also, in capitalism, if a company ceases to grow, there's a good chance it will vaporize soon after. It's not a causation, but it's a notable correlation.

[-] RocketBoots@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago

Yup! There are people out there with big pockets watching for stats much subtler than this. It doesn't always mean much taken on its own, but as a whole can paint an interesting picture.

[-] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago

whole can paint an interesting picture.

I know there’s meant to be a comma after ‘whole’. But I just pictured someone dumping a whole can of paint on a canvas and yelling “time!” Before walking over and slapping it on an easel at an auction and selling it for millions, while still dripping.

[-] RocketBoots@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

I almost want to add a hyphen now to make it official.

[-] drdabbles@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Phone replacement is a high seasonality situation. CDN usage and access logs will absolutely show whether usage has declined or not. Release an iPhone and you see a major spike in new downloads, otherwise it's probably all pretty much background noise.

My guess is everything involving Twitter has been on a decline, and the things I did know I'm not able to share.

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