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by tnone 3375 days ago
It means the steady downward trend it's been on for the last 7-8 years is about to accelerate. PHP CMSes fill a niche of bespoke software deployments made irrelevant by more standardized collaboration and publishing tools with better usability.

https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=drupal
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devwastaken 3375 days ago
>It means the steady downward trend it's been on for the last 7-8 years is about to accelerate.

I don't see this downward spiral trend you're talking about. Drupal 8 is one of the most dynamic and thought out CMS's available. Your statement would fit Wordpress better, and even that would still be wrong because its so widely used.

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jhall1468 3375 days ago
> I don't see this downward spiral trend you're talking about.

He literally posted a graph showing interest over time in Drupal has steadily been declining.

> Drupal 8 is one of the most dynamic and thought out CMS's available.

Now you sound like a press release.

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ajsalminen 3374 days ago
The common refrain in recent years has been that Drupal has been going for the enterprise instead of every single blogger like it used to. That could decrease search volume while still even growing in that segment.

Still, having both would obviously be better if somewhat difficult. Drupal hasn't completely given up on that idea but the trend has definitely been towards more about serving developers than a layperson who wants to set up a small website.

That's not to say everything necessarily is fine since Drupal 8's adoption has been slower than for previous versions but it looks like it may be finally picking up. The recent announcement that major Drupal versions will no longer be big backwards-compatibility breaks like they've been up until this point is something that could really help it too.

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devwastaken 3374 days ago
>He literally posted a graph showing interest over time in Drupal has steadily been declining.

They posted google trends. If software lived and breathed by how it was googled, there wouldn't be many options.

>Now you sound like a press release.

Making generalizations like 'this entire framework is going down' is a better press release.

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