silentjohn

Are you joking or being serious?

I'm quoting actual data instead of just vague hand-waving. 1 million users leaving (actually deleting their accounts) and more simply not using the app anymore is not nothing. DAU is down, revenue is down, ... people leaving matters.

it’s gonna implode ... twitter is still around and now Musk is even more politically powerful

The platform has lost over 1 million users and global active users has gone down. Musk's political power/will was inevitable. He's an oligarch in a capitalist society, 'nuff said.

It kind of reminds me of how ppl were hyping up mastadon, blue sky, etc. and honestly who really uses those sites?

Objectively: many. Bluesky has 27 million users and 3.5 million daily active users. No idea about Mastedon.

There’s also the language barrier, like are ppl actually gonna seriously try to learn Chinese?

That doesn't seem to stop my partner from using it and enjoying the content.

I just see this as a media hype cycle that will die down in a week or two

Yea, maybe. A lot of people are just pissed off at the establishment, for many reasons that they can't put their finger on quite yet. People are downloading this app as a retaliation to whatever nonsense legislation is being passed. Some will stick around, some won't. The people pissed about the ban aren't eager to start being active on IG/Threads/X/whatever else because it's all just the same crap owned by oligarchs, full of mis-/dis-information and toxicity.

Just like how we trained all of the anti-communist military leaders in the 50s and 60s that lead to the deaths of millions across the world.