- Sibbo ( @Sibbo@sopuli.xyz ) 134•1 year ago
I’d exchange Reddit and X. The rate at which X is going downhill right now just cannot be beaten by anything.
- Holzkohlen ( @Holzkohlen@feddit.de ) 30•1 year ago
Agreed. I mean I never expected Elon to be smart but good god is that dude an idiot. Everyone reading this could 100% do a better job in his shoes.
- Karyoplasma ( @Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de ) 3•1 year ago
If I had bought Twitter back then, I would have just done absolutely nothing and raked in the cash.
- Hiccup ( @Hiccup@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 24•1 year ago
Twitter(/X - such a bullshit crappy name) is the Kmart of web 2.0 companies. Just a husk of what it was and in a massive free fall decline.
- lemillionsocks ( @lemillionsocks@beehaw.org ) 3•1 year ago
Yeah the thing that people are upset about reddit for with rate limited apps is something twitter did years ago. Then theres the everything else involved on twitter and its not even close.
- orphiebaby ( @orphiebaby@lemm.ee ) 2•1 year ago
Came here to say this. X is doing worse than Reddit.
- Hubi ( @Hubi@feddit.de ) 83•1 year ago
I feel like it’s unfair to include TikTok as it had a clear headstart by being a dumpster fire since the very start.
- Bananigans ( @Bananigans@lemmy.ml ) 19•1 year ago
Musical.ly certainly was a thing.
- Rai ( @Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 13•1 year ago
Hey, the rebrand was successful!
Nobody associates it with paedos now and their “take existing videos and put our horrid moving shitty contrasted watermark on it” starting strat worked a dream
- cRazi_man ( @cRazi_man@lemm.ee ) 55•1 year ago
Does this reflect how the platform is actually doing or do we just like the circlejerk of wishing they would fail? Because everything I’ve seen says Reddit has been completely unaffected by the changes made and they’re still getting more user signups, engagements and interaction/posts than ever.
Tik Tok also seems to be growing strong.
Twitter is a genuine laughing stalk and is pulling major shit…but everyone still seems to be using it regularly.
- Blackmist ( @Blackmist@feddit.uk ) English12•1 year ago
If popularity was all that mattered, McDonalds would have Michelin stars.
- BolexForSoup ( @BolexForSoup@kbin.social ) 9•1 year ago
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- cRazi_man ( @cRazi_man@lemm.ee ) 4•1 year ago
I don’t save sources in case of future need for references. I haven’t written a thesis on the matter. It came up in a few articles in my tech news RSS feeds. You’re welcome to not believe me and I would readily consider contrary information anyone else offers it.
- BolexForSoup ( @BolexForSoup@kbin.social ) 4•1 year ago
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- DSTGU ( @DSTGU@lemm.ee ) 0•1 year ago
I believe that s shifting the burden of proof.
- BolexForSoup ( @BolexForSoup@kbin.social ) 1•1 year ago
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- frezik ( @frezik@midwest.social ) 9•1 year ago
We can take a look at the comment count on major subreddits over time. Using the top 5 most commented listed on Subreddit Stats, and then using Social Rise to see comments per day (go down to “Graph of” and click “comments”).
- https://social-rise.com/subreddit-analysis/askreddit
- https://social-rise.com/subreddit-analysis/AmItheAsshole
- https://social-rise.com/subreddit-analysis/Starfield
- https://social-rise.com/subreddit-analysis/AITAH
- https://social-rise.com/subreddit-analysis/NoStupidQuestions
All except Starfield show comments cratering at the beginning of July, and they’re not coming back. Obviously, Starfield is a special case given the release of the game. AITAH was also just starting to pick up and then had its jugular cut out. Across the board, there looks to be a 3 or 4 times reduction in comment rates.
Now, perhaps the site is still OK among the more niche subreddits. That’d take a lot longer to analyze. But it’s clear the big traffic drivers are not pulling people in anymore.
- BolexForSoup ( @BolexForSoup@kbin.social ) 1•1 year ago
While I overall agree this seems to be the case at first glance, I do notice that august there’s a huge drop that correlates with school starting up again. Probably need to compare to previous summers.
Edit: looks like it’s still pretty huge even accounting for that
- frezik ( @frezik@midwest.social ) 1•1 year ago
The graphs there go back to 2018. There aren’t drops anywhere close to what we’re seeing.
- BolexForSoup ( @BolexForSoup@kbin.social ) 1•1 year ago
Good to know, i was having trouble on mobile with it. Thanks!
I’m glad I left that site. They just view us all as little addicts and have lost any semblance of caring about what made reddit work in the first place.
- Gamey ( @Gamey@feddit.de ) 3•1 year ago
Reddit is driven by search traffic and the results got a lot worse since a lot of good posters quit. They lost the content but not the users yet, I think it’s just going to take a long time before they truly see the damage in their traffic statistics!
- BolexForSoup ( @BolexForSoup@kbin.social ) 3•1 year ago
The google-Reddit search got really screwed up when the private subs numbered 7-8000. I’m curious if there have been any lingering effects.
- SpaceCowboy ( @SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca ) 1•1 year ago
Yeah Reddit just became more like Facebook which is disappointing, but not a dumpster fire.
Twitter is a radioactive dumpster fire that’s spawning mutant fire rats. There’s really no comparison.
- BolexForSoup ( @BolexForSoup@kbin.social ) 1•1 year ago
I just have a hard time believing this when the_donald started on reddit. The site has been an incubator for right wing actors for years. Even the infamous Stormfront recognized the opportunities for recruitment there years ago.
- JusticeForPorygon ( @JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.sdf.org ) 46•1 year ago
Crazy how TikTok don’t even seem so bad anymore thanks to the other two completely fucking imploding.
- AdmiralShat ( @AdmiralShat@programming.dev ) English39•1 year ago
Put Unity somewhere up there for their recent debacle
- sour ( @sour@kbin.social ) 2•1 year ago
what happened to unity
- AdmiralShat ( @AdmiralShat@programming.dev ) English10•1 year ago
They tried to apply a per install fee and make it retroactive for all games using the Unity Runtime. Meaning games made with Unity even a few years ago who didn’t agree to this would be charged each time someone uninstalls and reinstalls the game.
This is the second time they have tried to make retroactive changes, by the way, and they even deleted the part of the TOS that prevented retroactive changes.
It’s really just one of many things they have done in the last few years
- Ms. ArmoredThirteen ( @ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml ) 4•1 year ago
To list out a lot of the many things: They’ve done forced RTO which is pretty internally disliked, fired a ton of people lately, a bit ago the CEO publicly said anyone who doesn’t prioritize monetization are “the biggest fucking idiots”, they bought an ad company known for making malware, and they keep getting in bed with military contracts including Lockheed. Oh and they cancelled their example project game Gigaya which I’m still bitter over
- AdmiralShat ( @AdmiralShat@programming.dev ) English2•1 year ago
Just a minor correction, they actually merged with Iron Source, they didn’t just buy them. That means there was a good bit of board carry over, which means Iron Source management is now making decisions at Unity.
- kingthrillgore ( @KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml ) 1•1 year ago
They won this is a fight for the 2nd seed
- chrizbie ( @chrizbie@lemmy.nz ) 35•1 year ago
Elons shenanigans has to be worse than spez surely
- SlopppyEngineer ( @SlopppyEngineer@discuss.tchncs.de ) 13•1 year ago
Spez just copies what daddy Musk does, so give it some time
- BolexForSoup ( @BolexForSoup@kbin.social ) 18•1 year ago
That text layout is…well dumpster fire is strong, but it’s definitely a smelly smolder
- Empricorn ( @Empricorn@feddit.nl ) 1•1 year ago
It’s just a wastebasket woopsie!
- RandomVideos ( @RandomVideos@programming.dev ) 17•1 year ago
I feel like unity is the most likely to die. Their users are way more likely to switch to an alternative than people using reddit
Unity alternatives are also way more known than reddit or twitter alternatives
- Uncle_Bagel ( @Uncle_Bagel@midwest.social ) 5•1 year ago
Also, anyone who wanted to leave Twitter, Reddit, or TikTok likely already have
- CordanWraith ( @CordanWraith@aussie.zone ) 1•1 year ago
But the alternatives aren’t as developed. Godot still isn’t great for 3D projects and Unreal is Epic and also has royalty fees like Unity tried to add.
- RandomVideos ( @RandomVideos@programming.dev ) 3•1 year ago
Unreal only has a 5% fee on games that made over 1 million USD
Unity wanted to add a 0.20 USD tax for every download after you made 200K USD 200K users(which changes depending on how many downloads your game has and which plan you are using)
Units pricing method could have been easily exploited, game developers would have to pay for people pirating their games, if a free to play game reached those requirments, it could cost them more than the game made, giveaways would cost game developers money and all unity games would have to collect data
- CordanWraith ( @CordanWraith@aussie.zone ) 1•1 year ago
No, I’m well aware that Unity’s model is fucked up.
I’m just saying that I don’t consider Unreal a valid alternative, especially as it’s owned by Epic who have shown themselves to be far worse than anything Unity has done already, and there are no other 3D engines as good as Unity. I called out Unreal also just because people are saying that Unity shouldn’t charge any fees as they think fees are unfair, but then happily recommend Unreal.
Not saying necessarily to keep using it, I’m just saying it’s not as simple of a solution as just switching for a lot of devs.
- GreenMario ( @GreenMario@lemm.ee ) 0•1 year ago
Indies yes but the big dick billion dollar in MTX mobile market won’t shift at all.
Yeah i also completely forgot Unity. This “Worst Dumpster Fire” ladder only had 3 spots.
- DoucheBagMcSwag ( @DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 13•1 year ago
Xitter is now enabling disinformation intentionally. Put ‘em at the top
- Gamey ( @Gamey@feddit.de ) 1•1 year ago
Well, Tiktok demotes china critical accounts and promotes china friendly ones, people who tried it came to the conclusion that’s it’s roughly by the factor 10 so they aren’t even hiding it!
- thisisbutaname ( @thisisbutaname@discuss.tchncs.de ) 11•1 year ago
The enshittification of TikTok: https://www.wired.com/story/tiktok-platforms-cory-doctorow/
Very relevant to all of them
- chicagohuman ( @chicagohuman@lemm.ee ) 5•1 year ago
Great article!
- Mossheart ( @Mossheart@lemmy.ca ) 11•1 year ago
Philips coming up fast in 4th place. CAN THEY BEAT TIKTOK?!
FIND OUT TOMORROW!
- Toast ( @Toast@feddit.de ) 2•1 year ago
what did philips do?
- jherazob ( @jherazob@beehaw.org ) English1•1 year ago
I believe is the thing about requiring accounts for the Hue lightbulbs thing, which is obviously bonkers
- Hiccup ( @Hiccup@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 8•1 year ago
I don’t think I’ve ever seen so many wish to devalue the companies at the same time. Let’s not forget about robinhood also. I can’t wait until reddit IPOs to short the shit out of it. You have to know their valuation is a farce and bullshit. The numbers are totally cooked there.
Edit: stupid autocorrect
- Franzia ( @Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 7•1 year ago
OP, social media usage is down across the board. These platforms won’t truly die until the next cycle of growth. Autumn? Winter? Usually gaming goes up when the cold weather comes around. Perhaps we will see growth then. We ought to be making sure we make communities for each new game that comes out, if an instance creators goal is to attract a lot of people. If they prefer quality, well, keep on this course. Lemmy is amazing.
- ALostInquirer ( @ALostInquirer@lemm.ee ) 2•1 year ago
Usually gaming goes up when the cold weather comes around. Perhaps we will see growth then. We ought to be making sure we make communities for each new game that comes out, if an instance creators goal is to attract a lot of people.
Speaking of, wouldn’t that be a good time for a general games/gaming instance to spin up then to play host to those communities?
- Gamey ( @Gamey@feddit.de ) 6•1 year ago
Reddit sucks but xitter and tiktok easily rub the floor with it!