• RocketBoots@programming.dev
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    1 year ago

    I haven’t had the chance to look up the data myself, but if downloads did decline in a way that’s unprecedented its a strong loss leader. To be really interesting though you’d have to couple it with other metrics.

    Edit: There are people implying they work or worked at Twitter. They didn’t.

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      1 year ago

      Declining downloads simply means a slowing of growth, whereas this is claiming a user decline. That only shows up in traffic logs, transit commits, or CDN account usage data.

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        1 year ago

        Not necessarily.

        Every time someone buys a new device they have to reinstall the app. So declining downloads could be indicitive of less users.

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          Phone replacement is a high seasonality situation. CDN usage and access logs will absolutely show whether usage has declined or not. Release an iPhone and you see a major spike in new downloads, otherwise it’s probably all pretty much background noise.

          My guess is everything involving Twitter has been on a decline, and the things I did know I’m not able to share.