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by baggachipz 70 days ago
> Where do you see that?

Assuming that Twitter's user count has remained relatively steady (within 100% either way), the only thing that could explain a huge drop in views would be a change to their opaque algorithm.

> To put it bluntly, an X post today receives less than 3% of the views a single tweet delivered seven years ago.

Twitter's user count has trended upward for the last 10 years: https://www.businessofapps.com/data/twitter-statistics/

Therefore, Twitter must be downranking or silencing the EFF's account. Unless you have a better explanation?