[0xy]

Many made the same prediction about Twitter, and it seems to be more or less the same or higher activity than before, and Bluesky is continuing to rapidly decline (-5% DAUs per quarter).

I wouldn't bet on Musk, but I DEFINITELY wouldn't bet against him. Anyone betting against him over the last 10 years has been viciously smoked (many short-selling hedge funds got wiped out completely).

[disgruntledphd2]

> I wouldn't bet on Musk, but I DEFINITELY wouldn't bet against him. Anyone betting against him over the last 10 years has been viciously smoked (many short-selling hedge funds got wiped out completely).

In terms of the stock market, definitely. Honestly though, all those people who said self-driving wouldn't be solved by now, that Tesla didn't have a great moat and that the Boring Company was profoundly stupid were in fact correct.

[Capricorn2481]

> Many made the same prediction about Twitter, and it seems to be more or less the same or higher activity than before

Where are you getting that? There's not a single piece of data out there that will tell you Twitter has increased in users. Not only have they visibly dropped in users, but it's becoming increasingly clear the site is Astroturfed with bots.

The choice is not Twitter or Bluesky. Most people moved on to TikTok. I don't know a single person who uses Twitter.

[jatora]

Tiktok... what are you talking about? Tiktok is not a text news/thread medium

[Capricorn2481]

Why would that be germane to the discussion? Are you under the impression people are hardwired to use specific kinds of social media?

The thread is about Twitter supposedly *growing* in size recently, and its only evidence was Bluesky's userbase. That's just silly. I know half a dozen people who left Twitter for TikTok. They don't care about the slight differences in these platforms, they are all algorithmically driven platforms where people comment under text and video. They care more about what audience is cultivated and what is forced on them.

[Rover222]

*jams head in sand angrily

[lordgrenville]

> Many made the same prediction about Twitter, and it seems to be more or less the same or higher activity than before, and Bluesky is continuing to rapidly decline

Not at all correct, they are plummeting.

"In June 2025...X year-over-year growth declined by 15.2%." https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/07/threads-is-nearing-xs-dail...

[turtlesdown11]

> daily mobile users down 15% year-over-year

So just to be clear, down 15% YoY is not "more or less the same or higher activity"

the platform is overwhelmingly bots, so those "users" are likely in a server farm somewhere

https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/10/as-x-loses-its-ceo-daily-u...

Also, they reported a 60% drop in advertising revenue from 2021-2026... yikes

[mike_bob]

Yup, more activity... Elon never solved the bot problem like he promised, and it's far worse now.

[6510]

I looked the other day, the feed got the same 4 postings reposted 3-5 times. A dozen posts talking about people getting banned, doxed and fired for talking about you know what.

I found 1-2 sort of interesting posts but not interesting enough to make it worth it.

It was fun for a while blogging with grok back when it was free.

Kind of interesting that engagement is zero on all of my postings. Not that I care for it but it shows quality isn't measured by users. The system prefer people read about users getting banned and that same video again and again. lol

With rss I just sort by date and eliminate duplicates. Not very hard and dramatically more interesting.

[csomar]

Twitter did lose significant revenues. It came ahead on profit because it aggressively cut costs which is an interesting thing to do for Musk given SpaceX. Maybe he learned that profitability is over-rated?