How long before mainstream users of Twitter abandon the platform?

[Poiuyt]

Twitter has been an effective vehicle for disseminating important information instantly. But as Elon Musk drags it down to another version of 4chan, I can't see all the various organizations who use it wanting to be associated with it. I know that some advertisers have left already, but they'll come back unless the users dump it as well. When will more organizations realize what's going on and search for alternatives?

[Carlitos Brigante]

1. To each their own. But judging by the attachment I see. I wouldn't hold

my breath if I were you.

[msongs]

2. doent one have to actively follow political twits to see this propaganda stuff nt

[leftstreet]

6. Yes

Most people don't follow the racist nazi freaks, so Twitter looks about the same as always

[localroger]

3. It will eventually -- and by eventually I mean surprisingly quickly -- become all but useless

The final dam collapse won't be because of people who are ideologically opposed to what the site owner stands for, it will be because the site has become practically unusable because of the exodus of other critical people who were ideologically motivated, invasion of trolls and disruptors who are not being moderated, and basic infrastructure collapse. It will be an accelerating process. The fact that it is already noticeable at all means it is underway and probably couldn't be stopped even if Rocket Karen had a Saul on the road to Damascus moment and immediately started trying to fix all the things he's broken. I don't think it's there and may not get there for a month or two, but it will go from the maybe it is or isn't collapsing stage to final implosion in a matter of two or three weeks at most. And there's no way it takes as long as six months. By June, Twitter as we have known it for the last ten years will no longer exist, and Eloon will be trying to figure out how to make payments on all those loans.

[FirstLight]

4. I know a lot of "basic people" who cancelled their account shortly after he took over...

I never really used it, so disconnecting was no issue for me...

Those who are "influencers" etc will have to figure out of they can migrate to another platform and still keep their popularity. I would love to see some bigger names do it and say "I'll see ya on ...."
But what would people use? tick tok? Instagram? I hesitate to bump Insta since it's part of the "Metaverse" but it's better than FB I guess.

I really want to delete all my social media, but there's so many people I am connected with that I wouldn't have known but for similar interests, writing groups, fandoms, old HS friends that I'd lost touch with until the last reunion, etc.
That said, I'm also a Gen Xer and so according to my kids, I'm a Boomer for using FB at all

[Initech]

5. After the Ye thing, and now unbending actual Nazis, I'm heavily considering it.

Fuck Elon.

[leftstreet]

7. Mainstream users don't follow the Ye eLoon drama stuff

Twitter looks the same to me. I learn more about the drama on Du than I do on Twitter.

[former9thward]

8. Twitter is growing since Musk took over according to the figures.

Since Musk’s dramatic takeover, Twitter’s monetizable daily user (mDAU) growth has accelerated to more than 20 percent, while “Twitter’s largest market, the US, is growing even more quickly,” according to an internal FAQ obtained by The Verge that was shared with Twitter’s sales team on Monday to use in conversations with advertisers. Per the FAQ, Twitter has added more than 15 million mDAUs, “crossing the quarter billion mark” since the end of the second quarter, when it stopped reporting financials as a public company.

https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/7/23445476/elon-musk-twitter-user-growth-all-time-high-advertisers

[gldstwmn]

12. Are they sock puppets?

[Snarkoleptic]

9. M*sk goes online whining about advertisers (like Apple & half of the top 100) quitting the platform

and immediately doubles-down by welcoming Nazis back to Twitter with open arms.
He's a warped individual who prolly thinks he'll be appointed head of Space Force if he can build up support for fascism in 2024.

Not sure there's any other explanation for why he'd buy Twitter for $44BN, then run off most of the revenue.
One of the major investors is Saudi, so maybe Musk is being paid to undermine American democracy.

[brooklynite]

10. I'm a mainstream user of Twitter.

I'm not offended by Trump and his minions being on the platform because they were there before 2021. The question is whether the thoughtful voice who I follow choose to leave.

Link to tweet

[dalton99a]

11. The apartheid man-child is using his new toy as a platform for hatemongering and gaslighting