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Meta's Threads has had its daily users down 20% since Saturday and user time spent on the platform is down 50% ~ CNBC (www.cnbc.com)
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[–] Windex007@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Maybe, but that's a HUGE decrease. These aren't flight-of-fancy numbers, these are exodus numbers.

Social networks really rely on a critical mass of users for viability. A lot of the draw for many twitter users is the engagement from celebrities and influcers.

I think a lot of people wanted to leave twitter, but just didn't really have a viable alternative with the critical mass of users and the celebrity engagement. If they already were uneasy about twitter as a platform and have something else to scratch that itch... I think the better question would be "What does Twitter offer that could draw them back?"