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> I don't think so because it seems both sides were engaged…

One side has largely left X.

The stats don't bear that out. Bluesky has been losing momentum since the election, with its DAU dropping from around 3.5 million to under 1.5 million today. For comparison Twitter has over 100 million. Right-wing alternative platforms had similar issues sustaining momentum, despite a much stronger push factor (right-wing people kept getting banned). It's hard to overcome the power of Twitter's network effect.

https://bluefacts.app/bluesky-user-growth?t=3m

> For comparison Twitter has over 100 million.

We're on a thread about widespread fake/inauthentic users on Twitter right now. I see very little reason to trust those numbers.

Is it any more trustworthy than you saying above that "one side has largely left X"?

I like to consider myself more trustworthy than Musk, yes.

The stats show that Twitter is going down overall. People can’t handle the amount of bots and discourse over there Threads is basically at the level of Twitter now.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2025/11/03/threads-...

Correct, and taken over reddit which has the same issue as X.

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