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re: "Twitter-X has been a colossal failure since Elon purchased the platform"
Posted on 11/25/23 at 12:00 pm to RogerTheShrubber
Posted on 11/25/23 at 12:00 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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Whyt do leftists want him to fail so badly?
Its not just leftists. A large portion decent people who are anti-social media want to see X fail just so there is one less SM platform. What I don't think they understand is that if X fails then either the traffic from there will go to other SM or a new similar platform will pop up. And those different outlets will almost undoubtedly be leftist controlled.
I'm no social media fan but if its going to exist (and its not going anywhere) then hopefully at least one platform will be free-speech based.
Posted on 11/25/23 at 12:45 pm to Turnblad85
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What I don't think they understand is that if X fails then either the traffic from there will go to other SM or a new similar platform will pop up
You might be right, but I'm not sure. If your local hardware stores closes and another opens, sure, you go to the new one. But social media sites have a weird amount of buy in, and Twitter might be the acme of that. People don't like the feeling of having to "rebuild" the clout and following they already have, and that's especially true for older people. And assuming this copy and paste works, Twitter definitely trends older for social media:
Age Group --- Share of Users
13-17 --- 6.6%
18-24 --- 17.1%
25-34 --- 38.5%
35-49 --- 20.7%
Over 50 --- 17.1%
Do I think all of Twitter's users would just stop interacting with social media the way they do with Twitter? No, I don't think so. But would a solid third just... stop? Yeah, maybe. Twitter is a bit of strange holdover from the early days of the mass market internet. Same with Facebook. If FB died tomorrow, I highly doubt even half of its current userbase would migrate over to whatever new service takes its place. I know I wouldn't. Using it is more habit than anything else at this point.
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