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i'll admit i thought twitter would have been done far sooner than this, but it's still dying a slow death.

https://mashable.com/article/half-of-twitter-blue-earliest-s...

initial twitter blue users aren't resubscribing so i'm not sure how they'll recoup money there

https://www.reuters.com/technology/twitters-advertising-busi...

> Research firm Insider Intelligence this week slashed its forecast for Twitter's global ad revenue this year by 37% to $2.98 billion. That would represent a 28% decline from Twitter's 2022 ad revenue of $4.14 billion.

so yeah, they're dying, just not as fast as some of us predicated

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how could it be dying when all the facts point to active users being at an all time high. A random estimate by someone who doesn't even access to twitters internal data about twitter blue subscription isn't even relevant to the "is Twitter dying" conversation.

DAU was at an all time high immediately after Elon's takeover due to the circus. It's not at an all time high right now. Notice he stopped bragging about DAU few months ago. It's actually 10% less than a year ago. I know I'm completely wasting my effort on you, so I'm done with this thread.

wrong. it has gone through multiple all time highs per musk. even recently as per this interview https://youtu.be/ypZNWjPpOuI

> According to insiders cited by the paper of record, Twitter's adjusted earnings reportedly fell about 40 percent year-over-year following an advertiser exodus that occurred when Musk took it private.

> Some Twitter users said gory videos appeared in their "For You" pages with no warning, renewing debate about platform responsibility and the news value of such media.

Hmm, I wonder if advertisers are pulling out of twitter now that they can no longer guarantee brand safety because their products might show up next graphic videos of shooting victims. But hey, a bunch of active bots are probably making a ton of money for the site.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/petersuciu/2023/03/09/can-twitt...

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/graphic-video-texas-m...

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